Traditional blintzes are filled with sweetened cheese, sometimes with the addition of raisins, or
fruit preserves and then slightly
sautéed. The word
blintz in English comes from the
Yiddish word or , coming from a
Slavic word
блинец [blin-yets] meaning
blin, or pancake. 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. For
Passover,
matzo meal is used instead of flour. ==See also==