Poppy seed roll
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The poppy seed roll is a pastry consisting of a roll of sweet yeast bread (a sweet roll) with a dense, rich, bittersweet filling of poppy seed. An alternative filling is a paste of minced walnuts, or minced chestnuts.
Type | Pastry |
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Region or state | Central and Eastern Europe: Austria, Belarus, Bosnia, Croatia, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland, Ukraine, Slovakia, Slovenia, Romania, Serbia, Russia Northern Europe: Denmark, Latvia, Lithuania |
Main ingredients | Flour, sugar, egg yolk, milk or sour cream, butter, poppy seeds or walnuts or chestnuts |
Variations | Poppy seed, walnut, chestnut |
It is popular in Central Europe and parts of Eastern Europe, where it is commonly eaten at Christmas and Easter time. It is traditional in several cuisines, including Polish (strucla z makiem, strucla makowa; poppy seed cake = makowiec), Kashubian (makówc), Hungarian (mákos bejgli[1]), Slovak (makovník), Czech (makový závin), Austrian (Mohnbeugel, Mohnstrudel or Mohnstriezel), Ukrainian (pyrih z makom пирiг з маком or makivnyk маківник), Belarusian (makavy rulet макавы рулет), Bosnian, Croatian and Serbian (makovnjača or štrudla sa makom), Slovenian (makova potica), Romanian (coardă cu mac), Russian (rulet s makom рулет с маком), Lithuanian (aguonų vyniotinis), Latvian (magonmaizite), German (Mohnstrudel), Danish (wienerbrød, or Vienna bread), and Yiddish (mohn roll).