Pinca
Sign in to savePinca (also pogača, sirnica or pinza or Osterpinze) is a variety of Easter bread native to Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. It is particularly popular in Istria, western Croatia, in parts of the Province of Trieste, and the historical region of Dalmatia, the Goriška region of Slovenia, the Slovenian Littoral, southern Austria and Gorizia of Italy.
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- Prepared food.name
- Pinca
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- Pinza triestina.jpg
- Prepared food.image_size
- 300px
- Prepared food.alternate_name
- Osterpinze, sirnica, pinza
- Prepared food.country
- Croatia, Montenegro, Slovenia, Italy
- Prepared food.region
- Dalmatia, Bay of Kotor, Istria, Gorizia, Trieste
- Prepared food.type
- Sweet roll
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- Flour, yeast, raisins, zest
- Prepared food.variations
- Titola, pupa, colomba, and jajarica
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- Pinza triestina.jpg
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- Osterpinze
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Pinca (also pogača, sirnica or pinza or Osterpinze) is a variety of Easter bread native to Italy, Croatia, Slovenia and Austria. It is particularly popular in Istria, western Croatia, in parts of the Province of Trieste, and the historical region of Dalmatia, the Goriška region of Slovenia, the Slovenian Littoral, southern Austria and Gorizia of Italy.
In Italy, it is called pinza triestina to distinguish it from Venetian pinza and pinza bolognese.