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A knish ( i.e. the "k" is pronounced) is an Eastern European and Yiddish snack food made popular in North America by Jewish immigrants. A knish consists of a filling
Filling (cooking)

Filling is a food mixture used to fill pastry, sandwiches and some other types of dishes, a process referred to as stuffing....
 covered with dough
Dough

This article is about a cooking ingredient. For the British sitcom episode, see Dough .Dough is a paste made out of any cereals or legume crops by mixing the flour with a small amount of water....
 that is either baked
Baked

Baked can refer to:...
 or fried
Fried

Fried may refer to:*Fried , a 1984 album by Julian Cope*Fried , a band made up of United States soul singer Jonte Short and ex-The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals guitarist David Steele ...
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A knish ( i.e. the "k" is pronounced) is an Eastern European and Yiddish snack food made popular in North America by Jewish immigrants. A knish consists of a filling
Filling (cooking)

Filling is a food mixture used to fill pastry, sandwiches and some other types of dishes, a process referred to as stuffing....
 covered with dough
Dough

This article is about a cooking ingredient. For the British sitcom episode, see Dough .Dough is a paste made out of any cereals or legume crops by mixing the flour with a small amount of water....
 that is either baked
Baked

Baked can refer to:...
 or fried
Fried

Fried may refer to:*Fried , a 1984 album by Julian Cope*Fried , a band made up of United States soul singer Jonte Short and ex-The Beat and Fine Young Cannibals guitarist David Steele ...
. Knishes can be purchased from street vendors in urban areas with a large Jewish population, sometimes at a hot dog stand
Hot dog stand

A hot dog stand is a food business stand that sells hot dogs, usually from an external counter on a public thoroughfare such as a road, street, ballpark, Shopping mall or food court....
.

In the most traditional versions, the filling is made entirely of mashed potato
Mashed potato

Mashed Potato is a common way of serving potato in many countries. It is made by mashing boiled potatoes with a potato ricer, fork or similar device....
, ground meat, sauerkraut
Sauerkraut

File:Kiszona kapusta.JPGSauerkraut is finely shredded cabbage that has been fermentation by various lactic acid bacteria, including Leuconostoc, Lactobacillus, and Pediococcus....
, onions, kasha
Kasha

Kasha is a porridge commonly eaten in Eastern Europe. In English, kasha generally refers to buckwheat groats, but in Slavic countries, kasha refers to porridge in general, and can be made from any cereal, especially buckwheat, wheat, barley, oats, and rye....
 (buckwheat groats) or cheese
Cheese

Cheese is a food consisting of proteins and fat from milk, usually the milk of cattle, Water Buffalo, goats, or sheep's milk. It is produced by Coagulation of the milk protein casein....
. More modern varieties of fillings feature sweet potatoes, black beans, fruit
Fruit

The term fruit has different meanings dependent on context, and the term is not synonymous in food preparation and biology. In botany, which is the scientific study of plants, fruits are the ripened Ovary of flowering plants....
, broccoli
Broccoli

Broccoli is a plant of the cabbage family Brassicaceae .It is classified as the Italica cultivar group of the species Brassica oleracea. Broccoli possesses abundant arboreal, luscious, fleshy, flower heads, usually green in color, arranged in a tree-like fashion on branches sprouting from a thick, edible, sturdy, meaty stalk....
, tofu
Tofu

Tofu , also , doufu , toufu, or bean curd , is a food of China origin, made by coagulating soy milk, and then pressing the resulting curds into blocks....
 or spinach
Spinach

Spinach is a flowering plant in the family of Amaranthaceae. It is native to central and southwestern Asia. It is an annual plant , which grows to a height of up to 30 cm....
.

Many cultures have variations on baked or fried dough-covered snacks similar to the knish: the British pasty
Pasty

A pasty , less commonly known as tiddly oggy or tiddy oggy, and sometimes as pastie in the United States, is a filled pastry case, commonly associated with Cornwall, United Kingdom....
, the Jamaican patty
Jamaican patty

A Jamaican patty or pattie is a pastry that contains various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric....
, the Spanish and Latin American empanada
Empanada

An empanada is a stuffed bread or pastry. The name comes from the Spanish language verb empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. Empanada is made by folding a dough or bread patty around the stuffing....
 or Papa rellena
Papa rellena

Papas rellenas is a Latin American dish consisting of mashed potatoes stuffed with seasoned ground meat, various spices then deep frying. The dish varies in preparation and presentation from country to country....
, the Portuguese rissole
Rissole

A rissole is a small croquette, enclosed in pastry or rolled in breadcrumbs, usually baking or deep fried. It is filled with sweet or savory ingredients, most often minced meat meat or fish, and is served as an entr?e, dessert or side dish....
, the Italian calzone
Calzone

A calzone , sometimes referred to as an italian sac, is an Italy turnover made from pizza dough and stuffed with cheese , ham or salami, vegetables, or a variety of other stuffings....
, the South Asian samosa
Samosa

A samosa, a stuffed pastry, is a common snack in South Asia, Central Asia, the Horn of Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. It generally consists of a fried triangular- or tetrahedron-shaped pastry shell with a savory filling of spiced potatoes, onion, peas, coriander, and sometimes fresh paneer....
, the Russian pirozhki
Pirozhki

Pirozhki , sometimes transliterated as piroshki , is a generic word for individual-sized baked or fried buns stuffed with a variety of fillings....
 (pirozhok) and the Middle Eastern fatayer.

Knishes may be round or square/rectangular. They may be entirely covered in dough or some of the filling may peek out of the top. Sizes range from those that can be eaten in a single bite hors d'oeuvre to sandwich
Sandwich

A sandwich is a food item made of one or more slices of bread with one or more layers of a filling. The bread can be used as is, or it can be coated with butter, vegetable oil, mustard or other condiments to enhance flavour and texture....
-sized knishes that can serve as an entire meal.

See also

  • Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery
    Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery

    Yonah Shimmel's Knish Bakery is a bakery that has been selling knishes on the Lower East Side of the New York City borough of Manhattan since 1890 from its original location on Houston Street ....


  • Zabar's
    Zabar's

    Zabar's is a specialty food store, founded by Louis Zabar, on the Upper West Side of Manhattan in New York City. It is one of the best known commercial landmarks of the Upper West Side, and is known for its selection of bagels, smoked fish, olives, and cheeses ....
  • Bedfordshire clanger
    Bedfordshire clanger

    The Bedfordshire Clanger is a traditional dish from the county of the Bedfordshire.It is an elongated suet crust dumpling still available at some bakers and served at some hotels and local places of interest, such as the Chiltern Gateway Centre on Dunstable Downs....
  • Calzone
    Calzone

    A calzone , sometimes referred to as an italian sac, is an Italy turnover made from pizza dough and stuffed with cheese , ham or salami, vegetables, or a variety of other stuffings....
  • Curry puff
    Curry puff

    File:Bite of Curry Puff.jpgCurry puff is a Cuisine of Malaysia, Cuisine of Singapore and Cuisine of Thailand, snack which is of Malay people origin....
  • Empanada
    Empanada

    An empanada is a stuffed bread or pastry. The name comes from the Spanish language verb empanar, meaning to wrap or coat in bread. Empanada is made by folding a dough or bread patty around the stuffing....
  • Bridie
    Bridie

    For the Scottish playwright, see James BridieA bridie or Forfar bridie is a Scotland type of meat pastry or pie, originally made in the town of Forfar, similar to a Pasty in shape, but the pastry is not as hard and no potato is used....
  • Jamaican patty
    Jamaican patty

    A Jamaican patty or pattie is a pastry that contains various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric....
  • Jiaozi, Gyoza, or Potsticker
    Jiaozi

    Jiaozi , gyoza , or pot sticker is a Cuisine of China dumpling, widely popular in Mainland China and Japan as well as outside of East Asia, particularly in North America....
  • Samosa
    Samosa

    A samosa, a stuffed pastry, is a common snack in South Asia, Central Asia, the Horn of Africa, and the Arabian Peninsula. It generally consists of a fried triangular- or tetrahedron-shaped pastry shell with a savory filling of spiced potatoes, onion, peas, coriander, and sometimes fresh paneer....
  • Sambusac
    Sambusac

    Sambusac , also known as simbusak or samboussa, is a small fried or baked pasty, which may be either half-moon shaped or triangular....
  • Panzarotti
    Panzarotti

    Panzarotti or panzerotti are filled pastries, different forms of which are popular in Italian cuisine and in the United States, especially in Southern New Jersey....
  • Turnover
    Turnover (food)

    A turnover is a kind of pastry made by placing a filling on a piece of dough, folding the dough over, and sealing it. Turnovers can be sweet or savory and are often made as a sort of portable meal or dessert, similar to a sandwich....
  • Pirozhki
    Pirozhki

    Pirozhki , sometimes transliterated as piroshki , is a generic word for individual-sized baked or fried buns stuffed with a variety of fillings....