- Glossary
- Beleše - Slovak fried pastries
Beleše - Slovak fried pastries
Beleše are traditional Slovak fried pastries made from yeast dough. They are filled with cottage cheese, plum jam, or walnuts and deep-fried in hot oil until golden. Unlike doughnuts, they have a flat shape and the filling is added before frying. They are traditionally prepared during carnival season in Slovakia.
- Beleše are a typical Slovak carnival pastry.
- Unlike doughnuts, they are filled before frying in oil.
- The most traditional filling is cottage cheese with raisins or plum jam.
- The name beleše is used mainly in western and central Slovakia.
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