szarlotka
szarlotka noun: a traditional Polish apple cake made from sweet pastry crust and spiced apple filling.
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Noun
szarlotka (countable and uncountable, plural szarlotkas)
- A traditional Polish apple cake made from sweet pastry crust and spiced apple filling.
- Krystyna learned how to make szarlotka (pronounced “shar-LOT-ka”) from her grandmother decades ago and has been making it ever since. […] Make the szarlotka a day before you want to serve it. It’s far better after an overnight rest at room temperature, because then the pastry and apples meld...2007 November 30, Greg Patent, “Szarlotka”, in A Baker’s Odyssey: Celebrating Time-Honored Recipes from America’s Rich Immigrant Heritage, Hoboken, N.J.: John Wiley & Sons, →ISBN, page 138
- The enticing, homey scent of apple pie wafted into the hallway as she beckoned them into her lair. […] “Something smells delicious,” Cam said. He sniffed the air, practically drooling. / “I just took a szarlotka out of the oven.”2011 April 12, Beth Kendrick, chapter 29, in The Bake-Off, New York, N.Y.: New American Library, →ISBN
Forms of szarlotka
| plural | szarlotkas |
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Origin of szarlotka
Unadapted borrowing from Polish szarlotka.
Questions about szarlotka
- What does szarlotka mean?
- Szarlotka means a traditional Polish apple cake made from sweet pastry crust and spiced apple filling.
- What part of speech is szarlotka?
- Szarlotka is a noun.
- What is the plural of szarlotka?
- The plural of szarlotka is szarlotkas.
Words near szarlotka in the dictionary
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