{{Short description|Ukrainian sweet or pastry}} {{Infobox food | name = Pampushka | image = Pampushky-plain.jpg | image_size = 250px | caption = Plain ''pampushky'' | alt = Seven pampushky on a plate | alternate_name = | country = Ukraine | region = | national_cuisine = | creator = <!-- or | creators = --> | year = | mintime = | maxtime = | type = | course = | served = | main_ingredient = | minor_ingredient = | variations = | serving_size = | calories = | protein = | fat = | carbohydrate = | glycemic_index = | similar_dish = | other = }} '''Pampushka''' ({{langx|uk|пампушка}} {{IPA|uk|pɐmˈpuʃkɐ|}}, pl. {{Lang|uk|пампушки}} {{Transliteration|uk|pampushky}}; diminutive of '''pampukh''' or '''pampukha'''<ref name="Slovnyk">{{cite encyclopedia | title = Пампух, пампуха | encyclopedia = Словник української мови в 11 томах. Академічний тлумачний словник | date = 1970–1980 | publisher = Naukova Dumka | location = Kyiv | url = http://sum.in.ua/s/pampukh | language = Ukrainian | access-date = 2017-03-19 | archive-date = 2022-03-12 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20220312131051/http://sum.in.ua/s/pampukh | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref name="Vasmer">{{cite encyclopedia | title = Пампуха | author = Max Vasmer | author-link = Max Vasmer | encyclopedia = Russisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch | location = Heidelberg | date = 1953–55 | publisher = Carl Winter | url = http://dic.academic.ru/dic.nsf/vasmer/44744/пампуха | language = German }}</ref>) is a small savory or sweet yeast-raised bun or doughnut typical for Ukrainian cuisine.<ref name="Mamushka">{{cite encyclopedia | encyclopedia = Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine & beyond | author = Olia Hercules | title = Ukrainian garlic bread | publisher = Hachette | location = UK | year = 2015 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=ub1vBQAAQBAJ&pg=PT62 | isbn = 9781784720735 }}</ref><ref name="Sweet Treats">{{cite book | title = Sweet Treats around the World: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture: An Encyclopedia of Food and Culture | author1 = Timothy G. Roufs | author2 = Kathleen Smyth Roufs | publisher = ABC-CLIO | year = 2014 | pages = 346, 347, 562 | url = https://books.google.com/books?id=M_eCBAAAQBAJ&q=%22pampushky%22 | isbn = 9781610692212 }}</ref><ref name="Klinovetska">{{cite book | author = Zinovia Klinovetska | title = Страви й напитки на Україні (Dishes and beverages in Ukraine) | location = Kyiv, Lviv | year = 1913 | pages = 52, 185 | language = Ukrainian }} </ref><ref name="Pokhlyobkin">{{cite book | author = William Pokhlyobkin | title = Большая энциклопедия кулинарного искусства (Great Encyclopedia of Cookery) | year = 2008 | page = 820 | publisher = Centrpoligraph | location = Moscow | language = Russian | isbn = 978-5-9524-3563-6 }}</ref>
==Etymology== The Ukrainian word ''pampukh'' comes via Polish ''pampuch'' (a kind of thick dumpling or steamed doughnut) from German ''Pfannkuchen'' ("pancake").<ref name="Vasmer"/> Similarly to English "pancake", the latter derives from ''Pfanne'' ("pan") and ''Kuchen'' ("cake"). The diminutive form ''pampushka'' is used more frequently than the basic form.
==Varieties== Pampushky are made of yeast dough from wheat, rye or buckwheat flour. Traditionally, they are baked, but may also be fried.<ref name="Mamushka" /><ref name="Sweet Treats" /><ref name="Klinovetska" /><ref name="Pokhlyobkin" /> Savoury pampushky have no filling. They are usually seasoned with garlic sauce and often served as a side dish with red borscht or yushka.<ref name="Mamushka" /><ref name="Klinovetska" /><ref name="Pokhlyobkin" /> Sweet pampushky may be filled with fruits, berries, varenye, povydlo, or poppy seeds, and topped with powdered sugar.<ref name="Sweet Treats" />
<gallery align="left" heights="170px" mode="packed"> Ukrainian Borsch with Pampushky in Zaporizhia.JPG|alt= A bowl of red borscht served with two garlic pampushky and three slices of salo on a separate plate|Ukrainian borscht served with garlic pampushky and three slices of salo File:Pampushky.jpg|alt=Six fried pampushky on a plate. Cherry filling is visible in one of them| Pampushky with cherries and icing-sugar topping </gallery>
== History == According to William Pokhlyobkin, the technology of making pampushky points to German cuisine, and these buns were possibly created by German colonists in Ukraine. They spread through the country in the second half of the 19th century and later reached the status of a Ukrainian traditional dish.<ref name="Pokhlyobkin" />
==In popular culture== Since 2008, yearly Pampukh Festivals have been organised around Orthodox Christmas time (in January) in Lviv.<ref>{{cite news | title = Lviv's Pampukh Festival promotes Ukrainian doughnuts | date = 2014-01-09 | publisher = Ukrinform | url = http://photo.ukrinform.ua/eng/current/photo.php?id=590645 | access-date = 2017-03-19 | archive-date = 2021-11-13 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20211113172301/http://photo.ukrinform.ua/eng/current/photo.php?id=590645 | url-status = dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = IX Pampukh Holiday – the main event of Christmas in Lviv | publisher = Lviv City Administration | date = 2017 | url = http://www.lviv.ua/en/calendar/pampuh/ | access-date = 2017-03-19 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170320052200/http://www.lviv.ua/en/calendar/pampuh/ | archive-date = 2017-03-20 | url-status = dead }}</ref> During the festival in 2012, a Guinness world record was set by building the world's largest mosaic made of doughnuts.<ref>{{cite news | author = Polly Mosendz | title = A Look at the Guinness World Records of Doughnuts In Celebration of National Doughnut Day | publisher = Newsweek | date = 2015-06-05 | url = http://europe.newsweek.com/look-guinness-world-records-doughnuts-celebration-national-doughnut-day-328323 }}{{Dead link|date=March 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>
==See also== {{portal|Food}} * List of doughnut varieties * List of fried dough varieties * List of buns
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