Pletzel, platzel or pletzl (, , cookie or cracker) is a type of
Jewish
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flatbread
A flatbread is a bread made with flour; water, milk, yogurt, or other liquid; and salt, and then thoroughly rolled into flattened dough. Many flatbreads are unleavened, although some are leavened, such as pizza and pita bread.
Flatbreads ran ...
similar to
focaccia
Focaccia ( , , ; lij, fugassa ; nap, label= Barese, fecazze ) is a flat leavened oven-baked Italian bread, similar in style and texture to pizza; in some places, it is called ("white pizza"). Focaccia can be served as a side dish or as san ...
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Overview
A type of pletzel smothered in onion and poppy seeds is known as the ''onion pletzl'', ''onion board'' or ''onion flat'' in the US. It was a common treat sold in American Jewish bakeries until the end of the 20th century. In east London and in Buenos Aires, the onion platzel is still available.
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Pletzl
The Pletzl (פלעצל, "little place" in Yiddish) is the Jewish quarter in the 4th arrondissement of Paris, France. The Place Saint-Paul and the surrounding area were unofficially named the Pletzl when the neighborhood became predominantly Jew ...
, from
Middle High German
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''ple(t)zel'', "little square", is also the name of the center of the former Jewish quarter in
Paris, France
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Cebularz
Cebularz is a wheat dough pancake in Polish and Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, with a diameter of 15-20 cm, topped with diced onion and poppy seed (15-20%), characteristic for Lublin cuisine.
Cebularz is one of the most popular dishes in the Lublin a ...
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Bialy
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Bagel
A bagel ( yi, בײגל, translit=beygl; pl, bajgiel; also spelled beigel) is a bread roll originating in the Jewish communities of Poland. It is traditionally shaped by hand into a roughly hand-sized ring from yeasted wheat dough that is first ...
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List of Jewish cuisine dishes
Below is a list of dishes found in Jewish cuisine.
Traditional Ashkenazi dishes
Ashkenazi Jews are the Jews descended from the medieval Jewish communities of the Rhineland in the west of Germany. Ashkenazim or Ashkenazi Jews are literally referri ...
References
External links
* Joan Nathan
“Lights of Life, and Food of Memory” The New York Times, November 26, 2010
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