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| Alternative names | Polish Carpathian cream cake |
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| Type | Cream pie |
| Course | Dessert |
| Place of origin | Poland |
| Associated cuisine | Polish cuisine |
| Main ingredients | Choux pastry, shortcrust pastry, custard pudding cream, marmalade, icing sugar |
| Variations | Napoleonka |
Karpatka is a traditional Polish cream pie filled with vanilla milk pudding or custard. It is sometimes composed of two different types of pastry; the base layer could be made of choux pastry or shortcrust pastry and can be thinly covered with marmalade and thick cream, then topped with a sheet of choux pastry.[1] The dessert takes its name from the mountain-like pleated shape of the powdered choux pastry, which resembled the snowy peaks of the Carpathian Mountains – Karpaty in Polish.[2] The dish is often dusted with icing sugar.[1]
The origins of the desert are unclear; it most likely emerged at the turn of the 1950s and 1960s, but its popularity only became widespread in the 1970s and 1980s.[3] The official name "karpatka" was first coined or recorded in 1972 by a group of philology students.[3][4] Traditionally, one large slice of the pie was served with coffee or tea.
There are "karpatka" baking mixes available in shops across Poland. In 1995, "Karpatka" became a trademark registered for a company called Delecta for the determination of cream powder in the Polish Patent Office.
See also
References
- 1 2 "Karpatka - Polish 'Mountain' Cake". April 3, 2018.
- ↑ "Famous Polish Desserts: Karpatka". www.tasteatlas.com.
- 1 2 Wschodni, Dziennik. "Językowo i widelczykiem. Karpatka stała się bohaterką artykułu z zakresu językoznawstwa". Dziennik Wschodni.
- ↑ S.A, Wirtualna Polska Media (October 28, 2019). "Karpatka". kuchnia.wp.pl.