🇱🇹Lithuanian Recipes

Discover Lithuanian cuisine — cepelinai, šaltibarščiai, kugelis, šakotis, and the Baltic potato-and-rye table.

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Lithuanian cuisine is built on potatoes, rye, pork, dairy, and mushrooms. Cepelinai (zeppelin-shaped potato dumplings stuffed with meat) is the national dish; šaltibarščiai (cold pink beet-and-kefir summer soup), kugelis (potato pudding), and the spit-baked tree cake šakotis anchor the canon. Distinct from neighbouring Baltic cuisines through cepelinai and the cold-beet-soup tradition.

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PotatoesRye flourPork & baconKefir & sour creamBeetsCurd cheese (varškė)DillMushroomsCarawayEggs

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Lithuanian · Desserts
Lithuanian Tree Cake (Šakotis) — Spit-Baked Celebration Cake
Šakotis, also spelled sakotis, is Lithuania's dramatic spit-baked tree cake, built in buttery layers as batter drips over a rotating spit. It crowns wedding and Christmas tables, often beside savory icons such as ruginė duona and skilandis.
230 min 24 590 cal

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Lithuanian · Side Dishes

Samogitian Kastinys (Žemaičių kastinys) — Warm Cultured Cream Spread

Žemaičių kastinys is a Samogitian cultured dairy spread made by gently warming and stirring sour cream with butter until thick and glossy. It is traditionally served with hot potatoes, ruginė duona, and sometimes bulviniai blynai.

45 min 8 410 cal

🇱🇹Lithuanian Recipes

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Lithuanian Tree Cake (Šakotis) — Spit-Baked Celebration Cake

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Samogitian Kastinys (Žemaičių kastinys) — Warm Cultured Cream Spread

Lithuanian Kugelis (Kugelis) — Savory Baked Potato Pudding

Lithuanian Cepelinai (Cepelinai) — Potato Dumplings with Pork and Sour Cream Sauce