blintz

[ blints ]

noun

, Jewish Cooking.

1. a thin pancake folded or rolled around a filling, as of cheese or fruit, and fried or baked.

blintz

/ blɪnts /

noun

1. a thin pancake folded over a filling usually of apple, cream cheese, or meat

Word History and Origins

Origin of blintz¹

First recorded in 1900–05; from Yiddish blintse; compare Byelorussian blints-, stem of blinéts, diminutive of blin “pancake”; blin

Word History and Origins

Origin of blintz¹

C20: from Yiddish blintse , from Russian blinyets little pancakes; see blini

Example Sentences

While these are cooling make the blintz-filling by beating together the second egg, cottage cheese and butter.

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