Lithuanian Recipes

• Bulviniu kukuliu sriuba - A soup made using minced potatoes, shaped into balls and then boiled in milk.
  
  
• Vištos sultinys - Chicken soup.
  
  
• Sauerkraut soup - Sauerkraut soup, with onions, carrots and pork, and seasoned with pork.
  
  
• Baršciai - Baršciai is the Lithuanian version of borscht (beet soup), sometimes containing chopped mushrooms as well. Sometimes butter or sour cream are added and blended into the soup.
  
  
• Šaltibaršciai - A cold borscht soup, made using cooked or pickled beets and chopped vegetables. It has a very distinctive shocking pink color, and is often served with chopped hard-boiled eggs, sour cream and hot boiled potato.
  
  
• Balandeliai - Cabbage leaves stuffed with meat, then braised.
  
  
• Cepelinai (also known as "didžkukuliai") - Often considered the Lithuanian national dish, cepelinai are potato dumplings stuffed with meat, cheese or mushrooms. They may be garnished with onion, sour cream, or spirgai (fried pork underskin fat).
  
  
  
• Bigos - Known as "hunter's stew" this dish is stew made with meat, cabbage and sausage. A variety of different recipes, each using different types of meat exist.
  
  
• Kibinai - This dish originated with the Karaite Jews of the Crimea, and is simply pastry stuffed with mutton and onions.
  
  
• Šašlykai - The Lithuanian version of shashlik kebabs. Šašlykai is cubes of pork, marinated and then cooked on a skewer over an open, preferably birch wood, fire.
  
  
• Šaltnosiukai - A unique Lithuanian type of dumpling, flavored with lingonberries.
  
  
• Lašiniai - Unrendered pork underskin fat that is often eaten in sandwiches. The sandwiches are made using unbuttered bread, and onions are often added.
  
  
  
• Idaryti pomidorai - Tomatoes, sliced into halves, then stuffed and garnished.
  
  
• Idaryti kiaušiniai - Eggs, hard boiled, then sliced into halves, then stuffed and garnished.
  
  
• Lietiniai - Thin pancakes filled with ground (minced) meat and cheese with cinnamon, or with minced sauteed mushrooms.
  
  
• Kedainiu blynai - Potato pancakes filled with chopped meat.
  
  
• Žemaiciu blynai - Potato pancakes.
  
  
• Kotletai - Soft patties made from ground (minced) meat. They are normally served potatoes and a sauce.
  
  
• Piršteliai prie alaus - Rolled up puff pastries.
  
  
• Skilandis (also known as "kindziukas") - This unusual dish is made using a pig's stomach which is stuffed with ground (minced) meat and garlic, and then smoked. The dish preserves well and thus remains edible for a long time.
  
  
• Spurgos - The Polish/Lithuanian version of donuts - known in Poland as "Paczki". A traditional filling is a marmalage made from fried rose buds.
  
  
  
• Žagareliai (sometimes known as "chrustai" or "krustai") - Twisted deep-fried pastries covered with powdered sugar.
  
  
• Šakotis (also known as "raguotis") - The Lithuanian version of the German "Baumkuchen", but also traditional to Lithuania. Šakotis is a cake prepared by painting layers of batter on a rotating spit in a special oven, and has a distinctive spikey appearance. It may be served plain or decorated with chocolate and flower ornaments, and is popular at celebrations including birthdays and weddins.
  
  
• Kuciukai (also known as "šližikai") - A dessert (small baked rolls) traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve (Lithuanian: Kucios).
  
  

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• Lithuanian Recipes & Cookbooks