Plăcintă
Type | Pastry |
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Course | Dessert |
Region or state | Romania Moldova Budjak, Ukraine |
Main ingredients | soft cheese or apples |
Variations | Placenta |
Plăcintă
Etymology
The word plăcintă comes from Latin placenta, which means "cake",[2] from the Greek πλακοῦς plakoûs, πλακουντ- plakount- "flat cake".[3]
History
As shown by the etymology of the word, the plăcintă has its origins in Ancient Rome, and dates from when Romania was a part of the Roman Empire, see Placenta cake.[citation needed]
Ancient Greek bakers made their bread with olive oil, herbs, and cheese. The secret of making cakes was given to the Romans during the invasion. At first there were only two varieties of cakes, called the libum and the placenta. The libum was a small cake, used as an offering to the gods.
On July 6, 2022, the culture of platsynda cooking and eating in the villages of Frumushyka river valley was inscribed in the National Inventory of Elements of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Ukraine.[7]
Traditional varieties of plăcintă
- plăcintă cu mere is filled with apple.
- plăcintă cu brânză is filled with sheep or cow cheese, such as telemea.
- plăcintă cu cartofi is filled with potatoes.
- plăcintă cu urdăis filled with ricotta and dill, or raisins.
- plăcintă cu ciocolată is filled with chocolate.
- plăcintă aromână is filled with spinach and white cheese.
- plăcintă dobrogeană is a type of plăcintă registered as a Romanian protected geographical indication (PGI) product in the European Union.
- plăcintă clătită (lit. "rinsed pie"), nowadays simply called clătită, is the Romanian crêpe-like variety of pancakes, also known in other East and Central European countries as the palatschinke.
See also
References
- ^ "Definition of plăcintă" (in Romanian). DEX on line.
- ^ "Dictionnaire Gaffiot latin-français" (in French).
- ^ "Placenta | Definition of Placenta by Oxford Dictionary on Lexico.com". Oxford. Archived from the original on January 17, 2020.
- ^ "Istoria cozonacului" (in Romanian). Silvana Patrascanu.
- ^ "Mamma pizza" (in French). Le Monde. 25 April 2006.
- ^ "Description du numéro Arkéo junior n° 31" (in French).
- ^ "Національний перелік елементів нематеріальної культурної спадщини України". mkip.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2023-08-05.