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Blintz vs Pierogi - What's the difference?

blintz | pierogi |

As nouns the difference between blintz and pierogi

is that blintz is a thin blini pancake, filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded, then sautéed or baked and often served with sour cream or a sweet sauce while pierogi is a square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.

blintz

English

(wikipedia blintz)

Noun

(es)
  • A thin blini (pancake), filled (often with sweet cheese) and folded, then or baked and often served with sour cream or a sweet sauce.

    • pierogi

    English

    Alternative forms

    * pirogi, perogie, perogi, pyrogy, pyrohy, perogy

    Noun

  • (North America) A square- or crescent-shaped dumpling of unleavened dough, stuffed with sauerkraut, cheese, mashed potatoes, cabbage, onion, meat, or any combination of these, or with a fruit filling.

    • Synonyms

    * varenyky/vareniki (plural) * pelmeni (plural) * pedahey

    Derived terms

    * Chinese perogy

    References

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    See also

    * potsticker * pirozhki (Russian pastry, false friends ) * (wikipedia "pierogi")

    Usage notes

    * Russian "pirozhki" () and Polish pierogi (diminutive: "piero?ki") (dumplings) are often confused. The two dishes are quite different. See pelmeni for the Russian version of the Polish pierogi. In certain regions of the Ukraine, these terms (???????, ????????) may refer to either the Polish "pierogi" or the Russian "pirozhki". ----