potica

plural poticas

1. countableuncountableA cake or bread filled with (ground) nuts, popular in Slovenia and in Croatia. (In particular, the Slovene variant of this pastry, in contrast to the Croatian variant, termed a povitica.)

   The menu for President-elect John F. Kennedy’s inaugural banquet will include a Yugoslav food, potica, as fulfillment of a promise made to him in his election campaign.

   1961 January 15, “Yugoslav Dish Is Put On Inauguration Menu”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC

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   Potica, a rum-and-lemon-flavored dough rolled around fillings of chocolate or walnuts, tarragon and cream, raisins, or poppy seeds and honey, is perhaps the closest thing to a national dish and, it is said, every housewife has her own recipe.

   1997 May 11, Marie Harris, “Spirited, Independent Slovenia”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 27 May 2015

   Francis looked graver than Mr. Trump, but he lightened up when he shook Mrs. Trump’s hand, asking her in Italian, “Did you give him potica to eat?” (Potica is a Slovenian dessert.)

   2017 May 24, Mark Landler, Jason Horowitz, “With Gift and in Conversation, Vatican Presses Trump on Climate Change”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 25 May 2017

   Synonyms: povitica