Papanași, with cherries, at a restaurant, in Sinaia
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| Type | Pastry |
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| Course | Main, Dessert |
| Place of origin | Romania, Moldova |
| Main ingredients | soft cheese, jam |
Papanași is a Romanian and Moldovan traditional fried or boiled pastry.
Papanași[1] is doughnut-shaped with the doughnut hole on top.[2][3][4] The dough is made with a soft cheese such as urdă, substitutes include ricotta and cottage cheese.[5] Papanași are served covered in crème fraîcheorheavy creamorsour cream, and topped with sour cherries or jam or preserves.[6]
Papanași dough can be fried, as a "doughnut", or boiled, as a dumpling, like large gnocchi.[7][8]
Ingredients: semolina or wheat flour, urdă or ricotta or cottage cheese, rum or lemon zest or orange zest, preserves or cherries, sour cream or crème fraîche, vanilla, eggs, sugar, salt, butter, baking soda.[5][4][3]
The word papanași may come from[citation needed] the Latin papaorpappa, which means 'food for children'.[9]
InHungarian Papanași is called Túrófánk Kalaposan (translates to "Túrófánk à la hat"). Normal túrófánk is popular in the Hungarian towns of Transylvania.[10]
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