Papanași

Papanași
Papanași, with cherries, at a restaurant, in Sinaia
TypePastry
CourseMain, Dessert
Place of originRomania, Moldova
Main ingredientssoft cheese (ca. 60-70%), wheat flour (ca. 30%), sugar; cream and jam for topping
Papanași with sour cherries and powdered sugar

Papanași is a Romanian and Moldovan traditional fried or boiled pastry made from fresh-cheese (brânza proaspătă or urdă) dough. It is usually served topped with cream (smântână) and fruit confit.

Preparation

Papanași[1] is doughnut-shaped with the doughnut hole on top.\[2][3] The dough is made with a soft cheese such as urdă, substitutes include ricotta and cottage cheese.[4] Papanași are served covered in crème fraîche or heavy cream or sour cream, and topped with sour cherries or jam or preserves.[5]

Papanași dough can be fried, as a "doughnut", or boiled, as a dumpling, like large gnocchi.[6][7]

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.[4][3][2]

Etymology

The word papanași may come from[citation needed] the Latin papa or pappa, which means 'food for children'.[8]

In Hungarian Papanași is called Túrófánk Kalaposan (translates to "Túrófánk à la hat"). Normal túrófánk is popular in the Hungarian towns of Transylvania.[9]

References

  1. ^ "Definition of papanași" (in Romanian). DEX on line.
  2. ^ a b Reznic, Michal (August 10, 2012). "Papanasi Cheese Donut Recipe". Jamie Geller. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  3. ^ a b "Romanian cheese doughnuts - Papanași". RomanianCook. 21 August 2020. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  4. ^ a b "Romanian Cheese Doughnuts – Papanasi". Delicious Romania. Archived from the original on 22 September 2022. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  5. ^ Brehaut, Laura (6 May 2020). "Cook this: Papanasi — ricotta doughnuts with sour cherry jam — from Carpathia for Mother's Day". National Post. Retrieved 22 September 2022.
  6. ^ "Romanian Cheese Doughnuts – Papanasi". Where Is My Spoon. 11 July 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  7. ^ "Romanian Cottage Cheese Dumplings – Papanasi fierti". Where Is My Spoon. 11 July 2020. Archived from the original on 23 September 2022. Retrieved 23 September 2022.
  8. ^ salveto Archived 2022-01-20 at the Wayback Machine - Dictionary latin-french Gaffiot on line - LEXILOGOS
  9. ^ Dorottya, Kercsó (2022-08-07). "Így készül a papanasi, az erdélyi túrófánk: tejföllel és lekvárral tálalva az igazi". femina.hu (in Hungarian). Archived from the original on 2022-09-28. Retrieved 2024-04-27.