(PAUNCH-kee)
Polish doughnuts, usually containing fruit filling, and glazed or sugar-dusted; although available all year round at Polish pastry shops and cafés, they have a ritual significance on Tłusty Czwartek (Fat Thursday) and Ostatki (Fat Tuesday). In Warsaw, the best pączki come from Blikle’s Pastry Shops -- they are glazed with icing, garnished with candied orange peel and each contains a dollop of rose-petal jam. Singular: pączek.
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