Knish

Knish

A knish (IPA2|knɪʃ i.e. the "k" is pronounced) is an Eastern European and Yiddish snack food made popular in North America by Jewish immigrants. A knish consists of a filling covered with dough that is either baked or fried. Knishes can be purchased from street vendors in urban areas with a large Jewish population, sometimes at a hot dog stand.

In the most traditional versions, the filling is made entirely of mashed potato, ground meat, sauerkraut, onions, kasha (buckwheat groats) or cheese. More modern varieties of fillings feature sweet potatoes, black beans, fruit, broccoli, tofu or spinach. Many cultures have variations on baked or fried dough-covered snacks similar to the knish: the Jamaican patty, the Spanish and Latin American empanada or Papa rellena, the Italian calzone, the South Asian samosa, the Russian Pirozhki (Pirozhok) and the Middle Eastern fatayer.

Knishes may be round or square/rectangular. They may be entirely covered in dough or some of the filling may peek out of the top. Sizes range from those that can be eaten in a single bite hors d'oeuvre to sandwich-sized knishes that can serve as an entire meal.

ee also

* Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery

* Zabar's
*Bedfordshire clanger
*Calzone
*Curry puff
*Empanada
*Bridie
*Jamaican patty
*Jiaozi, Gyoza, or Potsticker
*Samosa
*Sambusac
*Panzarotti
*Turnover
*Pirozhki


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  • knish — (k n[i^]sh ), n. (Russian and Jewish Cookery) A fried, or sometimes baked, turnover made from a round or square sheet of dough containing a filling, usually of meat or potatoes. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • knish — /knish/, n. Jewish Cookery. a fried or baked turnover or roll of dough with a filling, as of meat, kasha, or potato, often eaten as an appetizer or snack. [1925 30; < Yiddish < Pol knysz] * * * …   Universalium

  • knish — (n.) 1930, from Yiddish, from Rus. knysh, a kind of cake …   Etymology dictionary

  • knish —    (knish) [Yiddish, from Polish] In Jewish cooking, a roll or turnover of bread dough stuffed with meat, potato, or buckwheat, baked or fried …   Dictionary of foreign words and phrases

  • knish — [k nish] n. [E Yiddish, variously < Pol knysz & Ukrainian knyš, etc.] a piece of thin rolled dough folded over a filling, as of mashed potatoes or chopped meat, and baked …   English World dictionary

  • Knish — Un clásico knish de patatas. El Knish es un aperitivo del Este de Europa muy popular entre las comunidades judías. Un knish consiste en un relleno cubierto de una masa que puede ser cocinada al horno o frita. Los Knishes pueden ser… …   Wikipedia Español

  • knish — [knɪʃ] noun a baked or fried dumpling of flaky dough with a savoury filling. Origin Yiddish, from Russ. knish, knysh, denoting a bun or dumpling …   English new terms dictionary

  • knish — noun Etymology: Yiddish, from Polish knysz Date: 1916 a small round or square of dough stuffed with a filling (as potato) and baked or fried …   New Collegiate Dictionary

  • knish — noun kəˈnɪʃ An Eastern European Jewish, or Yiddish, snack food consisting of a dumpling covered with a shell of baked or fried dough …   Wiktionary

  • knish — n. fried pocket of dough which is stuffed with any of a number of savory fillings …   English contemporary dictionary

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