Wednesday, July 29, 2015

5 famous traditional Lithuanian dishes.



Lithuanian cuisine features mostly potatoes, rye, beets, greens, berries, and mushrooms.
these products are suited to the cool northern climate.

Traditional Lithuanian food is actually really tasty and if you happen to be in Lithuania here are 5 traditional Lithuanian dishes that you shouldn't miss.

Skanaus!!

( P.S : I would also like to thank my Lithuanian friend Eligijus for helping me choosing the dishes ) 



1. Cepelinai 






Cepelinai is traditional Lithuanian dish and it is also very popular in northeastern of Poland.
A difficult dish to cook and with take time to make.
This dish is also called Cepelinai due to its resemblance with the zeppelin aircraft


Ingredients: waxy patatoes, beaten egg, shallot finely diced, pork mince. ground caraway seeds, crushed garlic clove, plain flour and you can add some extra plain flour for dusting.


(Source: http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/lithuaniannoodles/ig/Lithuanian-Cepelinai/ ) 



2. Šaltibarščiai 








Šaltibarščiai is a traditional cold beet soup and the perfect meal to eat in a hot summer day.
This dish is also very simple to cook and it won't take much time either.
Šaltibarščiai is made with with beets, onion, buttermilk, sour cream,hard-cooked eggs, cucumbers and dill.
You can also accompany it with boiled potatoes.  




(Source: http://lithuanian-recipes.com/saltibarsciai-lithuanian-cold-beet-soup ) 


3. Kugelis 










Kugelis is a potato pudding also known as bulviu plokstainis is the national dish of Lithuania.
Bulvių plokštainis means 'flat potato' and it's main ingredients are: potatoes, bacon, milk, onions, and eggs.
To spice it flavour you can add salt, black pepper, bay leaves, or majoram.
It is usually eaten with sour cream and/or crumbled fried fat white bacon (spirgai).

(Source: https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Kugelis ) 




4. Šakotis 












Šakotis is a popular Lithuanian-Polish tree cake.
This layered cake rotated and crisped in front of a roaring fire.
It is used in weddings, birthdays, Christmas and big celebrations and it is ordered in special bakeries that have the right equipment to prepare the cake.
The main ingredients to prepare this hollow cake with spikes are: eggs, sour cream, sugar, butter and flour.

(Source: http://easteuropeanfood.about.com/od/lithuaniandesserts/ig/Lithuanian-Tree-Cake/ ) 


5. Kibinai 







Traditional pastries filled with mutton and onion, Kibinai is famous within the Karaite ethnic minority in Lithuania.
Kibinai is associated with the city of Trakai.

The main ingredients to prepare this dish are: lean beef, onion, flour, butter, sour cream, eggs, salt and pepper.


(Source: http://talerka.tv/recept/lithuania/kibinai ) 

3 comments:

  1. Lietuva stronk ᕦ(▀̿Ĺ̯▀̿ ̿)ᕤ

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  2. Another masterpiece, Alexa. I may not be Lithuanian, but it makes me want to eat their food ;)

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