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| Alternative names | Krafne, krofi, krofni, crofne |
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| Type | Doughnut |
| Region or state | Balkans |
| Main ingredients | Yeast,milk,sugar,flour,butter,eggs,rum,lemon peelFilling:jelly,marmalade,jam,chocolate,custard, orcream;powdered sugar |
Krofne (Albanian andCroatian:krafne;Bosnian andSerbian:krofne,Serbian Cyrillic:крофне;Slovene:krofi;Macedonian:крофни) are airy filleddoughnuts. They are round and usually filled withjelly,marmalade,jam orchocolate as well as butter,Nutella and cinnamon. They can also be filled withcustard, orcream, but that is usually less common. The name comes from GermanKrapfen, and it is a variation of the Central European pastry known as theBerliner. They are also similar tobeignets.
The recipe for homemade krofne includesyeast,milk,sugar,flour, salt,butter,eggs,rum,lemon peel,marmalade andpowdered sugar. The dough is kneaded and prepared and then cut into small pieces, then made into a little ball, making it easier to cook.[1]
In Serbia, Croatia and Slovenia, the consumption of krafne, or krofi, increases significantly during the yearly winter festival ofCarnival. In Croatia, they are served on New Year's Day as a good-luck token as well as for prosperity,[citation needed] as well as for other holidays such as Easter and Christmas.
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