Makowiec (pastry)

Poppy seed roll

Walnut (diós) and poppy seed (mákos) bejgli
Alternative names	Walnut roll
Type	Pastry
Place of origin	Poland
Main ingredients	Flour, sugar, egg yolk, milk or sour cream, butter, poppy seeds or walnuts or chestnuts

The poppy seed roll is a pastry consisting of a roll of sweet yeast bread (a viennoiserie) with a dense, rich, bittersweet filling of poppy seed. An alternative filling is a paste of minced walnuts, or minced chestnuts.

It is popular in parts of Central Europe and Eastern Europe, where it is commonly eaten at Christmas and Easter time. It is traditional in several cuisines, including Austrian (Mohnkuchen or Mohnstriezel), Bosnian cuisine (makovnjača), Croatian (makovnjača), Czech (makový závin), Danish (wienerbrød (Vienna bread): [ˈʋiːˀnɔˌbʁœːˀð]), Hungarian (mákos bejgli), Kashubian: makówc, Latvian (magonmaizite), Lithuanian (aguonų vyniotinis), Polish (makowiec), Russian (rulet s makom рулет с маком), Serbian (маковњача), Slovak (makovník), Romanian (cozonac cu mac or cozonac cu nucă), and Ukrainian (pyrih z makom пирiг з маком or makivnyk маківник) cuisine.