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A cheese blintzes or blintz (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a rolled filled pancake in Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine, in essence a wrap based on a crepe or Russian blini.<ref name=mw>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The corresponding Russian dish is called blinchiki, literally "little blini".
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Traditional blintzes are filled with sweetened cheese, sometimes with the addition of raisins, or fruit preserves and then slightly sautéed.<ref name=mw/> They are served on Shavuot.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The word blintz in English comes from the Yiddish word {{#invoke:Lang|lang}} or Template:Transliteration, coming from a Slavic word блинец [blin-yets] meaning blin, or pancake.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
Like the knishes, blintzes represent foods that are now considered typically Jewish, and exemplify the changes in foods that Jews adopted from their Christian neighbors.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>
For Passover, matzo meal is used instead of flour.Template:Citation needed
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