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n. (context rare English) A kind of stollen or sweet bread, often containing raisins, popular in southeastern Europe.
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Cozonac or Kozunak (, ) is a traditional Romanian and Bulgarian sweet bread, which is a type of Stollen. It is usually prepared for Easter in Bulgaria, and mostly for every major holiday ( Christmas, Easter, New Year's Day, Pentecost) in Romania and Moldova.
The dessert is also known as tsoureki , شوريك ( Arabic), panarët ( Arbërisht), choreg or chorek ( Armenian: չորեկ), çörək ( Azerbaijani), or çörek ( Turkish). It is a sweet, egg-enriched bread, which is rooted in the cuisines of Western and Central Asia. Such rich brioche-like breads are also traditional in many other countries, such as Hungary and the Czech Republic. Examples of similar breads from other cultures include badnji kruh in Croatian cuisine, folar de páscoa in Portuguese cuisine, brioche in French cuisine, kulich in Russian cuisine, panettone in Italian cuisine, and challah in Jewish cuisine.
Cozonac is a sweet bread, into which milk, eggs, sugar, butter, and other ingredients are mixed together before baking. In Bulgaria, the kozunak is prepared by adding lemon zest to the dough mixture, just as the Romanian version. The Italian Panettone is very similar to the basic cozonac, the most visible difference being their shapes.
In Romania, the recipes for trimmings differ rather significantly between regions. The dough is essentially similar throughout the country; a plain sweet bread made from flour, eggs, milk, butter, sugar and salt. Depending on the region, one may add to it any of the following: raisins, rahat, grated orange or lemon rind, walnuts or hazelnuts, and vanilla or rum flavor. Cozonac may be sprinkled with poppy seeds on top. Other styles dictate the use of a filling, usually a ground walnut mixture with ground poppy seeds, cocoa powder, rum essence, or raisins. The dough is rolled flat with a pin, the filling is spread and the whole is rolled back into a shape vaguely resembling a pinwheel. In the baked product, the filling forms a swirl adding to the character of the bread.
It was the sweet chosen to represent Romania in the Café Europe initiative of the Austrian presidency of the European Union, on Europe Day 2006.
Usage examples of "cozonac".
It flew accurately, needle point forward, and struck Conte Cozonac in the neck, two inches below an ear.
Then, carrying huge Conte Cozonac, he mounted flights of stairs to the roof, unbarred the hatch and clambered out.
The cord was extremely strong, and Doc, still carrying Conte Cozonac, slipped down it to the sidewalk.
Conte Cozonac was planted in a chair, his wrists positioned carefully on the arm rests.
Conte Cozonac chuckled, "and he does not have to be a native of the country, either.
Monk and Ham, their perpetual quarrel for the moment a minor matter, watched Conte Cozonac intently.
Conte Cozonac hesitated, then continued: "My other purpose was to have Baron Damitru Mendl draw up a new set of plans and make a working model of the devilish weapon which he invented.
They had been shut in long enough that any type of diversion, even observing disguised Conte Cozonac, was welcome.
Conte Cozonac merely stood and stared, as any fat, easy-going Celestial might be expected to do.
Fat Conte Cozonac went to it, listened, spoke in Calbian, then hung up.
Say, the fat Conte Cozonac is gonna have a spasm when he learns one of his own staff is a Royalist.
Conte Cozonac was probably the last person they had expected to appear.
That lardy lug, Conte Cozonac, and the midget, Muta, must belong to the same gang!
Renny continued, "what was the idea of Conte Cozonac tellin’ us that string of lies about wantin’, our help?
Conte Cozonac and Muta have said so half a dozen times, according to the notes Ham is sending me by Habeas.