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{{short description|Traditional Jewish pancake}}
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| name             = Blintz
| image            = Cheese blintzes with blackberries.jpg
| caption          = Traditional cheese blintzes topped with blackberry compote
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| alternate_name   = Blintzes
| country          =  [[Eastern Europe]]
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| creator          = [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] community
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| type             = [[Jewish cuisine]]
| served           = Hot, traditionally with [[sour cream]] or fruit [[compote]]
| main_ingredient  = [[Dough]]; filling:  [[farmer's cheese]] or other similar soft cheese, or [[fruit preserve]]s.
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A '''cheese blintzes''' or '''blintz''' ({{langx|he|[[wikt:חֲבִיתִית|חֲבִיתִית]]}}; {{langx|yi|[[wikt:בלינצע|בלינצע]]}}) is a rolled filled [[pancake]] in [[Ashkenazi Jewish]] cuisine, in essence a [[wrap (food)|wrap]] based on a ''[[crepe]]'' or Russian ''[[blini]]''.<ref name=mw>{{cite web |title=blintze {{!}} a thin, usually wheat-flour pancake folded to form a casing (as for cheese or fruit) and then sautéed or baked |url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blintze |access-date=2015-08-12 |website=Merriam-webster.com}}</ref>

==History==
Traditional blintzes are filled with sweetened cheese, sometimes with the addition of raisins, or [[fruit preserve]]s and then slightly [[sautée]]d.<ref name=mw/> They are served on [[Shavuot]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Cheese Blintzes for Shavuot |url=https://motherwouldknow.com/jewish-cheese-blintzes-for-shavuot/ |website=Mother would know |date=30 April 2018 |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref>
The word ''blintz'' in English comes from the [[Yiddish]] word {{lang|yi|בלינצע}} or {{Transliteration|yi|blintse}}, coming from a [[Slavic languages|Slavic]] word ''блинец [blin-yets]'' meaning ''[[blini|blin]]'', or pancake.<ref>{{cite web |title=Blintz definition |url=https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/blintze |website=Merriam Webster dictionary |access-date=20 October 2019}}</ref>

Like the [[knish]]es, blintzes represent foods that are now considered typically Jewish, and exemplify the changes in foods that Jews adopted from their Christian neighbors.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Lowenstein |first=Steven M. |title=The Jewish cultural tapestry : international Jewish folk traditions |date=2000 |publisher=Oxford University Press |isbn=0-19-515800-8 |location=New York |oclc=80242007}}</ref>

For [[Passover]],  [[matzo meal]] is used instead of flour.{{citation needed|date=August 2024}}

==See also==
{{commonscat|Blintzes}}
*[[Israeli cuisine]]
*[[Jewish cuisine]]
*[[Baghrir]]
* The Russian dish ''[[blinchiki]]'', literally "little ''blini''" is a more generic dish, with filings of any kind: cottage cheeze, preserves, meat, etc.
==References==

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