Pyshka

Pyshka or ponchik (Russian: пышка, pl. pyshki пышки; пончик, pl. ponchiki пончики) is a Russian variety of doughnut.

Pyshka
Ring-shaped pyshki, Saint Petersburg
Typedoughnut

Types

Pyshki are either ring-shaped or without a hole.

  • Pyshki without a hole, Novosibirsk pyshki cafe
    Pyshki without a hole, Novosibirsk pyshki cafe

Regional name variations

In Saint Petersburg and Novosibirsk, the dish is called "pyshka" and the cafe is called "pyshechnaya". In Moscow, it is called "ponchik", the doughnut eatery is called "ponchikovaya".[1][2][3]

  • Pyshechnaya, Bolshaya Konushennaya Street, Saint Petersburg, founded in the 1960s
    Pyshechnaya, Bolshaya Konushennaya Street, Saint Petersburg, founded in the 1960s[4]
  • Novosibirsk Pyshechnaya, Leninsky City District, opened in the mid-twentieth century
    Novosibirsk Pyshechnaya, Leninsky City District, opened in the mid-twentieth century[3]

References
  1. 6 places to try legendary Soviet donuts in Moscow. Russia Beyond.
  2. Pyshki with cognac. NGS. Пышки с коньяком. НГС
  3. Pyshka, I know you: the taste of soviet childhood. NGS. Пышка, я тебя знаю: вкус советского детства. НГС.
  4. NTV.


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