ojaldre

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Pronunciations

ojaldre (oh-ZHAHL-dre) listen

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Definitions

  • n. A savory pastry made of a few layers of phyllo dough folded into small triangles and filled with cheese and potato or spiced ground beef and herbs.

Example Sentences

  • "To make ojaldres is a labor of love and we generally reserve them for special occasions other than the major holidays, which have so many specific traditional foods associated with them." (source)

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Languages of Origin

  • Ladino

Etymology

  • ojaldre, lit. 'puff pastry'

      • Who Uses This

      • Ottoman Sephardim: Jews with ancestry in Spain and, post-expulsion, in Turkey, Greece, and other parts of the Ottoman Empire

      Regions

      • North America

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      Alternative Spellings

      hojaldre

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