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Ordinary palatschinke, sprinkled with sugar
Alternative names Clătite
Type Pancake
Place of origin Romania/Austria
Main ingredients eggs, wheat flour, milk
Cookbook: Palatschinke  Media: Palatschinke

Palatschinke is a thin crêpe-like variety of pancake common in Central and Eastern Europe.

Names of the dish include Palatschinke (pl. Palatschinken) (Austrian), palačinka / палачинка (Bosnian, Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Serbian, Slovene, Macedonian), palacinka (Slovak), palacsinta (Hungarian) and palaçinka (Albanian)


Video on how to make Serbian Palacinke
Gundel Palacsinta filled with walnuts and chocolate sauce
Hortobágyi palacsinta filled with meat, served in Sopron, Hungary

Central European Palatschinke (palačeke) are thin pancakes similar to the French crêpe. The main difference between the French and Slavic version of the dish is that the mixture for palatschinken can be used straight away unlike that of crepes which is suggested to be left at rest for several hours. Palatschinken are made by creating a runny dough from eggs, wheat flour, milk, and salt and frying it in a pan with butter or oil. Unlike thicker types of pancakes, palatschinken are usually served with different types of fillings and eaten for lunch or dinner.

Palatschinken are traditionally rolled with apricot, strawberry,[1] or plum jam, and sprinkled with confectioner's sugar. A variety of fruit sauces (like apple sauce), or thick fruit jams called lekvar (plum, prune, raspberry, cherry or sour cherry jam), lemon juice and sugar, chocolate sauce, hazelnut-chocolate cream (Nutella), almonds, dried or fresh fruits, sweet cottage or quark cheese and raisins, cocoa powder, poppy seed, or any combination thereof, may also be used. Rakott palacsinta are layered pancakes with sweet cottage cheese and raisins, jam and walnut layers between the pancakes, baked in the oven, comparable to the French mille crêpe.[2]


Palatschinken may also be eaten unsweetened as a main course, such as a meat-filled Hortobágyi palacsinta. They may also be eaten plain, filled with cheeses, or vegetables such as mushroom, spinach or sauerkraut, topped with sour cream, or cut into thin strips, called Flädle in Germany′s and Switzerland's Alemannic dialects and Frittaten in Austria. Flädle/Frittaten are used in Frittaten soup - pancake strips served in clear broth.


The origin of the name comes from the Latin word placenta (a flat cake). The name of the dish has followed a track of borrowing across several languages of central and south-eastern Europe. The dish originates from the Slavic countries and thus Austrian-German term Palatschinke is borrowed from Czech palačinka, that in turn from Hungarian palacsinta, and that in turn from Romanian plăcintă (a cake, a pie), where it ultimately derives from Latin placenta a word of Greek origin.[3] Palačinka is also the name in most West and South Slavic languages (Slovak palacinka, Bosnian, Bulgarian, Czech, Croatian, Macedonian, Serbian, Slovenian palačinka, палачинка). In Polish, the equivalent is called a naleśnik, in Ukrainian налисник (nalysnyk) or млинець (mlynec), in Russian налистник (nalistnik) or блинчик (blinchik), in Romanian clătită.

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  1. ^ June Meyers Authentic Hungarian Heirloom Recipes Cookbook
  3. ^ Kluge. Etymologisches Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache. 2003, Walter De Gruyter, ISBN 3-11-017472-3 p. 675

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