How to pronounce Pampushky

Pampushky is written пампушки where it comes from. In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /pɐmˈpuʃkɪ/. In plain English letters that is pam-POOSH-kih, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Pampushky?

Pampushky is a bread or pastry of Ukraine. People usually eat it at lunch or dinner. Its main ingredients are wheat & flour. It tastes savory.

Where Pampushky comes from

Pampushky is one of 18 signature dishes of Ukraine on this map.

• Borscht борщ · Soup & stew · Ukraine

  Borscht is a sour soup, and in Ukraine it is usually red with beetroot, cooked with cabbage, potatoes, carrots, beans and often meat, soured with vinegar or fermented beet juice, and served with sour cream and garlic bread rolls called pampushky.

• Varenyky вареники · Main dish · Ukraine

  Varenyky are boiled dumplings, the name coming from varyty, "to boil".

• Halushky галушки · Main dish · Ukraine

  Halushky are dumplings of boiled dough, cut into squares or rolled into small balls; unlike varenyky they have no filling.

• Salo сало · Snack · Ukraine

  Salo is salt-cured slabs of pork back fat, with or without the skin and sometimes with thin layers of meat.

• Uzvar узвар · Drink · Ukraine

  Uzvar is a traditional Ukrainian drink made from dried fruit and berries, either simmered in water or left to steep in hot water.

• Kutia кутя · Dessert · Ukraine

  Kutia is boiled grains of wheat or barley mixed with honey, the ritual dish of the Slavic winter festive cycle.

Food of Ukraine

Dishes like Pampushky in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Pampushky:

• Cebularz lubelski · Bread & pastry · Lublin (Lublin Voivodeship), Poland

  Cebularz is a round wheat flatbread, 15 to 20 centimetres across, topped with diced onion mixed with poppy seeds, and it is the signature bake of Lublin and its region.

• Knysh кныш · Bread & pastry · All Belarus, Belarus

  A knysh is a small round bun baked with curd cheese inside, or with the filling laid on top between raised edges; other fillings include jam, or onion fried with crackling.

• Kibinai · Bread & pastry · Trakai, Lithuania

  Kibinai are crescent-shaped pastries filled with chopped mutton or beef and onion, sealed with a crimped edge and baked.

• Covrigi · Bread & pastry · Muntenia (Buzău), Romania

  Covrigi are Romanian baked rings similar to pretzels, made of salted bread dough topped with poppy seeds, sesame seeds or coarse salt, usually with no sugar.