Lazanki



Lazanki (лазанкі, łazanki, singular łazanka, skryliai) is a Polish, Lithuanian and Belarusian type of pasta. It consists of wheat, rye or buckwheat kneaded into dough which is rolled thin and cut into triangles or rectangles. These are boiled, drained, and eaten with melted pork fat, vegetable oil and often sour cream. In Poland, they are commonly mixed with fried cabbage or with soured cabbage and small pieces of sausage, meat and/or mushrooms.

History
Lazanki has been known in Poland since early Middle Ages, then also in the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth. Its older name variant is laga: laganki meaning most likely a stick, a stripe, a wooden stick. The name/word probably derives from the elongated stripes of dough cut from the flattened dough, or from las/laska, meaning a wooden stick. Another source says the name comes from the ancient Polish/Slavic word las meaning forests as the original łazanki were made with addition of meat, mushrooms which were all produced from the forests. Later versions of lazanki include sauerkraut and cheese. Modern versions of this dish differ only slightly from its original versions.