Vatrushka

Vatrushka

A typical plain vatrushka
Type	Pastry
Place of origin	Eastern Europe
Main ingredients	Dough, quark
Cookbook: Vatrushka  Media: Vatrushka

Vatrushka (Belarusian, Russian and Ukrainian: ватрушка) is an Eastern European pastry (pirog) formed as a ring of dough with quark in the middle, sometimes with the addition of raisins or bits of fruit. The most common size is about five inches in diameter, but larger versions also exist. Vatrushkas are typically baked using a sweet yeast bread dough. Savoury varieties are made using unsweetened dough, with onion added to the filling.^[1][2][3]

The etymology of the word is uncertain. A widespread hypothesis derives the name from the word vatra meaning "fire" in some Slavic languages. Alternative hypotheses trace it back either to the verb teret (тереть, "to rub" or "to grate") or to the term tvorog (творог, "quark").^[4][5][6]

See also

• Karelian pasty
• Khachapuri
• Kolach
• List of Russian dishes
• Pirozhki
• Syrniki
• Vareniki

References

1. Ekaterina & Lludmila Bylinka (2011). Home Cooking From Russia: A Collection of Traditional, Yet Contemporary Recipes. Bloomington, Indiana: AuthorHouse. p. 94. ISBN 9781467041362. Retrieved 30 November 2012.
2. Tatiana Smorodinskaya; Karen Evans-Romaine; Helena Goscilo, eds. (2013). Encyclopedia of Contemporary Russian Culture. Routledge. p. 136. ISBN 9781136787850.
3. William Pokhlyobkin (1988). O kulinarii ot A do Ya: Slovar-spravochnik (О кулинарии от А до Я: Словарь-справочник) [Cookery from A to Z] (in Russian). Minsk: Polymia. p. 38. ISBN 5-345-00218-5.
4. Vasmer, Maksimilian Romanovich (1973) [1958]. Etimologichesky slovar russkogo yazyka (Этимологический словарь русского языка) [Etymological Dictionary of Russian Language] (in Russian). Moscow: Progress.
5. Shanskiy, N. M.; Bobrova, T. A. (2004). Shkolny etimologichesky slovar russkogo yazyka. Proiskhozhdenie slov (Школьный этимологический словарь русского языка. Происхождение слов) [Etymological School Dictionary of Russian Language] (in Russian). Moscow: Drofa.
6. Krylov, P. A. (2005). Etimologichesky slovar russkogo yazyka (Этимологический словарь русского языка) [Etymological Dictionary of Russian Language] (in Russian). St. Petersburg: Victoria Plus.