{"id":8762,"date":"2026-10-27T13:27:32","date_gmt":"2026-10-27T04:27:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/parade.kyoto\/?post_type=sweetlore&p=8762"},"modified":"2026-10-31T18:52:33","modified_gmt":"2026-10-31T09:52:33","slug":"horicke-trubicky","status":"publish","type":"sweetlore","link":"https:\/\/parade.kyoto\/en\/sweetlore\/horicke-trubicky\/","title":{"rendered":"Ho\u0159ick\u00e9 trubi\u010dky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Ho\u0159ick\u00e9 trubi\u010dky are thin rolled wafer pastries made in and around Ho\u0159ice in the Czech Republic. Thin wafers are warmed and rolled into tubes, so the overlapping thin layers crumble lightly when you bite into them.<\/p>\n

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Tube-shaped Ho\u0159ick\u00e9 trubi\u010dky. Photographed on July 6, 2019. According to the coordinates of the shooting location, near Pozna\u0144. Photo: MOs810 \/ Source<\/a> \/ CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>. A downsized image from the source is used. No changes to the content after retrieval.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Thin wafers, warmed and rolled by hand<\/h2>\n

According to the specification published by the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic, a liquid batter is baked thin between heated plates, left to cool, and then warmed on a hot surface and rolled into tubes by hand. For the variety with a rolled-in filling, one and a half or two wafers are spread with butter mixed with honey, sprinkled with sugar, hazelnuts, cinnamon and other ingredients, and rolled up. There is also a variety in which the tube is filled with cream.<\/p>\n

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Example of Ceylon cinnamon sticks and ground cinnamon. Location unknown. Photo: Simon A. Eugster \/ Source<\/a> \/ CC BY-SA 3.0<\/a>. Focus stack of 31 images. A downsized image from the source is used. No changes to the content after retrieval.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Example
Example of hazelnuts in the shell and shelled. Location unknown. Photo: Ivar Leidus \/ Source<\/a> \/ CC BY-SA 4.0<\/a>. Focus stack of 25 images. A downsized image from the source is used. No changes to the content after retrieval.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Because the wafers are not uniform in thickness, the bakers adjust the pressure as they roll them so that they do not crack. Even when the wafers are baked by machine, the rolling is done by hand. The technique of hand-rolling on a hot surface is one part of the work that Ho\u0159ice producers value highly.<\/p>\n

The story of a cook who shared the recipe as thanks<\/h2>\n

According to a legend presented by the town, Mrs. L\u00ed\u010dkov\u00e1 nursed a wounded soldier of Napoleon’s army returning from the Russian campaign, and the soldier, said to have been Napoleon’s cook, gave her the recipe for the pastry as thanks. This is a story handed down locally, not a record that proves the pastry’s origin.<\/p>\n

From family celebrations to workshops<\/h2>\n

According to the town of Ho\u0159ice, a daughter of the L\u00ed\u010dek family carried wafer irons on her back and visited homes in towns and villages to bake the pastries. Karel Kofr\u00e1nek, a confectioner who became part of this family in a later generation, expanded production into a business. The town states that he obtained a patent for an electric wafer-making machine in 1898. The pastries won awards at exhibitions and were also shipped abroad.<\/p>\n

The pastry grew from a treat for family celebrations into a commercial product, and even after nationalization in the second half of the 20th century, the custom of baking it at home continued. From 1990 onward, family workshops reopened and new producers entered the trade, and the regional name and the hand-rolling technique are still being passed on today.<\/p>\n

Glossary<\/h2>\n

Karel Kofr\u00e1nek<\/strong>: A Ho\u0159ice confectioner who expanded wafer production into a business.<\/p>

Wafer<\/strong>: A confection made by baking thin batter between heated plates.<\/p>

Ho\u0159ice<\/strong>: A town in the northeastern Czech Republic. Its name is used in the name of this pastry.<\/p>

References<\/h2>\n
  1. Ho\u0159ice town tourist information<\/a> \u2014 The town’s account of baking in people’s homes, Kofr\u00e1nek’s development of the business, and the year of the patent.<\/li>
  2. Bulletin of the Industrial Property Office of the Czech Republic (2014)<\/a> \u2014 The source referenced in existing research for the pastry’s varieties, ingredients and hand-rolling process.<\/li>
  3. History of the producer Uni Roll<\/a> \u2014 An account of workshops reopening from 1990 onward and of the producers.<\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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