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The jelly-filled Krapfen were called Berliners in the 1800s, based on the legend of a patriotic baker from Berlin who became a regimental baker after he was deemed unfit for combat by the Prussian Army. When the army was in the field, he "baked" the doughnuts the old-fashioned way, by frying them over an open fire.
Other varieties and names are Obstkrapfen, Fastnachtskrapfen, Faschingskrapfen, Knieküchle, Auszogne and Kreppel. Greece – Svingi, Thiples, Loukoumades. A doughnut-like snack called Loukoumás comes in two types, a crispy one shaped like the number 8, and a larger, softer one shaped like the number 0.
The first one, simply called donuts, or more traditionally berlinesas, is a U.S.-style doughnut, i.e., a deep-fried, sweet, soft, ring of flour dough. The second type of doughnut is a traditional pastry called rosquilla or rosquete (the latter name is typical in the Canary Islands), made of fermented dough and fried or baked in an oven.
Fasnacht (doughnut) Fasnacht (also spelled fastnacht, faschnacht, fosnot, fosnaught, fausnaught) is a fried doughnut of German origin in Pennsylvania Dutch cuisine, served traditionally in the days of Carnival and Fastnacht or on Shrove Tuesday, the day before Lent starts. Fasnachts were made as a way to empty the pantry of lard, sugar, fat ...
A cruller (/ ˈ k r ʌ l ər /) is a deep-fried pastry popular in parts of Europe and North America.Regarded as a form of cake doughnut in the latter, it is typically either made of a string of dough that is folded over and twisted twice to create its signature shape, or formed from a rectangle of dough with a cut in the center allowing it to be pulled over and through itself to produce ...
Cheesecake. Traditionally made using a German dairy called Quark instead of cream cheese. Dampfnudel. Typical of southern Germany, a sort of white bread roll or sweet roll eaten as a meal or as a dessert. Dominostein. A sweet primarily sold during Christmas season in Germany and Austria. Donauwelle.
v. t. e. The cuisine of Germany consists of many different local or regional cuisines, reflecting the country's federal history. Germany itself is part of the larger cultural region of Central Europe, sharing many culinary traditions with neighbouring countries such as Poland and the Czech Republic (and Slovakia as well).
Place of origin. Germany. Variations. Berliner, sufganiyot, bomboloni, krafne, pączki. Media: Jelly doughnut. A jelly doughnut, or jam donut, [1] is a doughnut with a fruit preserve filling. Varieties include the German Berliner, the Polish pączki, the Israeli sufganiyot, the Southern European krafne and the Italian bombolone.