vatrushka
vatrushka noun: a sort of small, round pastry filled with cottage cheese, popular in Eastern Europe.
Noun
vatrushka (countable and uncountable, plural vatrushkas or vatrushki)
- A sort of small, round pastry filled with cottage cheese, popular in Eastern Europe.
- Her ladyship was reduced to the pitiable choice of yesterday’s croissants or one of the nine different kinds of rolls, milk breads, sweet breads, scones, pancakes, vatrushki, kalachi, ponchiki, rogaliki and bulochki whose delicious, new-baked smell was wafting all over the house.1967, Ira J. Morris, chapter III, in The Troika Belle, London: William Heinemann Ltd, page 16
- Bake about 25 minutes or until lightly browned and cooked. Cool on a rack. Yield: About four dozen vatrushki1977, Jane Kinderlehrer, “[You’ll Find That Good Food Makes the Party Better] Russian Vatrushki (Cheese-Filled Tarts)”, in The Art of Cooking With Love and Wheat Germ (And Other Natural Foods)...
Forms of vatrushka
| plural | vatrushkas |
|---|---|
| plural | vatrushki |
Origin of vatrushka
From Russian ватру́шка (vatrúška).
Questions about vatrushka
- What does vatrushka mean?
- Vatrushka means a sort of small, round pastry filled with cottage cheese, popular in Eastern Europe.
- What part of speech is vatrushka?
- Vatrushka is a noun.
- What is the plural of vatrushka?
- The plural of vatrushka is vatrushkas.
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