Papanași Explained

Papanași
Country:	Romania, Moldova
Course:	Main, Dessert
Type:	Pastry
Main Ingredient:	soft cheese, jam

Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Papanași|italic=no is a Romanian and Moldovan traditional fried or boiled pastry.

Preparation

Papanași^[1] is doughnut-shaped with the doughnut hole on top.^{[2] [3] [4]} The dough is made with a soft cheese such as Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: [[urdă]]|italic=no, substitutes include ricotta and cottage cheese.^[5] Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: Papanași|italic=no are served covered in crème fraîche or heavy cream or sour 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]}

Etymology

The word Romanian; Moldavian; Moldovan: papanași may come from the Latin papa or Latin: pappa, which means 'food for children'.^[9]

In Hungarian Papanași is called Túrófánk Kalaposan (translates to "Túrófánk à la hat"). Normal túrófánk is popular in the Hungarian towns of Transylvania.^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Definition of papanași . DEX on line . ro.
2. Web site: Diana . A. . August 15, 2023 . Papanasi - Romanian Cheese Doughnuts . 15 August 2023 . Real Help . en-us.
3. Web site: Reznic . Michal . Papanasi Cheese Donut Recipe . Jamie Geller . 22 September 2022 . en-us . August 10, 2012.
4. Web site: Romanian cheese doughnuts - Papanași . RomanianCook . 22 September 2022 . 21 August 2020.
5. Web site: Romanian Cheese Doughnuts – Papanasi . Delicious Romania . 22 September 2022.
6. News: Brehaut . Laura . Cook this: Papanasi — ricotta doughnuts with sour cherry jam — from Carpathia for Mother's Day . 22 September 2022 . . 6 May 2020 . en.
7. Web site: Romanian Cheese Doughnuts – Papanasi . Where Is My Spoon . 11 July 2020.
8. Web site: Romanian Cottage Cheese Dumplings – Papanasi fierti . Where Is My Spoon . 23 September 2022 . 11 July 2020.
9. http://www.lexilogos.com/latin/gaffiot.php?p=1111 salveto
10. Web site: Dorottya . Kercsó . 2022-08-07 . Így készül a papanasi, az erdélyi túrófánk: tejföllel és lekvárral tálalva az igazi . 2024-04-27 . femina.hu . hu.