Vatrushka Explained

Vatrushka
Country:Eastern Europe
Type:Pastry/pirog
Main Ingredient:Dough, Tvorog
Variations:with raisins or dried fruits

Vatrushka is an Eastern European pastry (pirog) formed as a ring of dough with traditional white cheese Tvorog in the middle, sometimes with the addition of raisins or bits of fruit.[1] The most common size is about 5–10 cm (2–4 in) in diameter, but larger versions also exist. Vatrushkas are typically baked using a sweet yeast bread dough. Savoury varieties are made using unsweetened dough, with onion added to the filling.[2] [3] [4]

The etymology of the word is uncertain. A widespread hypothesis derives the name from the word vatra meaning "fire" in some Slavic languages (Ukrainian for example). According to another version, the word is borrowed from the Romanian language, in which "vatra" meant "a kind of cake, cooked in the fire".[5] Alternative hypotheses trace it back either to the verb teret (тереть, "to rub" or "to grate") or to the term tvorog (творог).[6] [7] [8]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Vatrushka Traditional Sweet Pastry From Russia TasteAtlas . 2023-03-23 . www.tasteatlas.com.
  2. Book: Ekaterina & Lludmila Bylinka. Home Cooking From Russia: A Collection of Traditional, Yet Contemporary Recipes. AuthorHouse. Bloomington, Indiana. 2011. 94. 9781467041362. 30 November 2012.
  3. Book: Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture. Tatiana Smorodinskaya. Karen Evans-Romaine. Helena Goscilo. Routledge. 2013. 136. 9781136787850.
  4. Book: William Pokhlyobkin . William Pokhlyobkin . O kulinarii ot A do Ya: Slovar-spravochnik . Cookery from A to Z . ru:(О кулинарии от А до Я: Словарь-справочник) . Minsk . Polymia . 1988 . 38 . ru . 5-345-00218-5 . 2016-11-19 . 2014-02-02 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140202121059/http://kuhnya.syty.ru/iyz_iystoriyiy_bliud/vatruwka.html . dead.
  5. Web site: Brovkina . Olga . August 26, 2021 . "Korolevskaja Vatrushka", il dolcetto russo che ha origini popolari ma un nome da re . 2023-03-23 . Russia Beyond IT . it-IT.
  6. Book: Vasmer , Maksimilian Romanovich . Max Vasmer. Etimologichesky slovar russkogo yazyka. Etymological Dictionary of Russian Language. ru:(Этимологический словарь русского языка). Moscow. Progress. ru. 1973. 1958.
  7. Book: Shanskiy. N. M.. Bobrova. T. A.. Shkolny etimologichesky slovar russkogo yazyka. Proiskhozhdenie slov. Etymological School Dictionary of Russian Language. ru:(Школьный этимологический словарь русского языка. Происхождение слов). Moscow. Drofa. ru. 2004.
  8. Book: Krylov . P. A. . Etimologichesky slovar russkogo yazyka . Etymological Dictionary of Russian Language . ru:(Этимологический словарь русского языка) . St. Petersburg . Victoria Plus . ru . 2005 . 2016-11-19 . 2019-02-12 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190212231025/http://slovari.bibliofond.ru/krylov_word/%D0%B2%D0%B0%D1%82%D1%80%D1%83%D1%88%D0%BA%D0%B0/ . dead.

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