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| Course | Dessert |
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| Region or state | Southeast Europe |
| Serving temperature | Fried |
| Main ingredients | Yeast,flour |
Uštipci (Serbian Cyrillic:Уштипци,pronounced[ǔʃtɪpt͡sɪ]) aredoughnut-like fried dough balls popular inSoutheast European countries, namelySerbia,Montenegro,Bosnia and Herzegovina,Croatia,North Macedonia, andSlovenia.
The origin of the uštipci pastry is unknown. The word uštipci comes from the verbuštinuti, which can be translated as "to nip, tweak or pinch".[1]
In Bosnia and Herzegovina, it is occasionally referred to aspeksimeti.
In Monetnegro and parts of Herzegovina, a variant of this dish made with yeasted dough is calledpriganice, coming from the verbprigati, meaning "to jump", reflecting the dough jumping in the pan while frying.
In Croatia, a variant of the dish known asfritule is also made; the two names are commonly used interchangeably for both dishes, though afritula is typically made with potatoes.[2] In Croatia, auštipak is typically sweet.[3] The varietypiroška (whose name is derived frompirog) refers to a kind of uštipci that can be both sweet (slatka) and savory (slana).[4]
In Slovenia, a variant of the dish similar tofritule is calledmiške.
They are similar tofritule and alsokrofne but with more of a soft, bread-like feel. Unlike other dishes from the region, such askrofne, they do not necessarily have to be sweet. In restaurants, they might come withjam,kajmak or withcheese thus fulfilling the role of breakfast staple, dessert, or even a main course. They can also have other ingredients in them which most commonly are apple, pumpkin, but even meat and cheese are possibilities. They are eaten with tea or coffee and also as a dessert. They are also often served with powdered sugar sprinkled on top to make them more aesthetically pleasing. They can go well with jams,Nutella, andEurocrem.[5]
The plain variant fried with vegetable oil and seasoned with powdered sugar is served in Christian Balkan countries during lents.
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