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DictionaryknishFilled pastry
noun

knish

kuh-NISH/kəˈnɪʃ/

A Jewish pastry with a savory filling, often potato or meat.

The cut knish reveals a dense potato filling inside its golden pastry shell.

A whole round baked potato knish beside a second knish cut in half, revealing dense mashed-potato filling enclosed in a thin golden pastry shell.
Etymology
knishRussiana kind of cake

The ancestor knysh meant a kind of cake. In English, the name refers specifically to a pastry with a savory filling, such as potato, meat, or cheese.

In context

EpicureanRd. - Where to go, What to eat2:57
this is the cherry cheese which is a sweet knish the cheese is cream cheese
Knish Nirvana: How Yonah Schimmel's Bakery Became a NYC Landmark

More examples

  • She cut the warm knish in half.
  • We ordered two knishes for lunch.
  • The savory filling made the knish a substantial snack.

Forms

knish · knishes

Similar words

pierogi
Pierogi are filled dumplings; a knish has a pastry casing and is usually baked or fried.
turnover
A turnover is folded pastry with a filling; a knish has its own traditional shape and savory fillings.