Kołacz

Kołacz (plural: Kołacze ) is a round pastry tradition of Polish cuisine, whose origin goes back to the culture of the Old Slavonic era. Originally Kołacz was a wedding bread from wheat and later evolved into a yeast cake, which is now estimated independently of wedding celebrations.

Name

The name " Kołacz " has the same root as the word koło ( "wheel" ) and displays the round shape of the baking station on. In Russian, is called the pastry Калач ( Kalatsch ) and in Ukrainian Колач ( Kolatsch ). In Croatian the term as well as in the Czech and Slovak ( koláč ) simply means kolač, only "cake". The German name is " Kolache ".

History

The original Slavic Kołacz was a round loaf of bread and pastries, has often decorated in this form with a cross, also survives to this day. He was handed over to newly wedded couples to the wedding.

In Poland and Bohemia developed from the bread a sweet cake, which was extremely popular not only with the Polish nobility and was even sung in the 16th century by poets.

The Bohemian- Austrian pastries Kolache also goes back to the Kołacz, the name was borrowed from the Czech.

Description

The Polish Kołacz is a round yeast cake that can come out of the springform pan or shaped by hand. Its filling consists mostly of white cheese or poppy seeds, or of both at the same time. Usually the filling is revealed openly, often with sprinkles are used, the ornament with a pastry lattice, however, is more typical. In the covered variant, the cheese or poppy seed filling is hidden inside the cake.