Plăcintă
Sign in to savePlăcintă () is a Romanian and Moldovan traditional pastry resembling a thin, small round or square-shaped cake, usually filled with apples or a soft cheese such as Urdă.
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- Prepared food.name
- Plăcintă
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- Placinta.jpg
- Prepared food.image_size
- 250px
- Prepared food.region
- RomaniaMoldovaBudjak, Ukraine
- Prepared food.course
- Dessert
- Prepared food.type
- Pastry
- Prepared food.main_ingredient
- soft cheese or apples
- Prepared food.variations
- Placenta
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- Placinta.jpg
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Plăcintă () is a Romanian and Moldovan traditional pastry resembling a thin, small round or square-shaped cake, usually filled with apples or a soft cheese such as Urdă.
== Etymology == The word plăcintă comes from the Latin placenta, which means "cake", from the Greek , "flat cake".