🇱🇹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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Lithuanian Kugelis (Kugelis) — Savory Baked Potato Pudding
Kugelis is Lithuania's beloved baked grated-potato pudding, rich with bacon, onion, eggs, and hot milk. It belongs to the same potato-cookery world as cepelinai and bulviniai blynai, but bakes into a sliceable family casserole.
115 min 8 386 cal
