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    How to Cook dishes from Lithuania


    Lithuania The cuisine of Lithuania shares much with Polish cuisine, and Ashkenazi Jewish cuisine. Some dishes also show the influence of German culinary traditions, and there even some influences from the Karaite Jews of the Crimea!

    Some popular Lithuanian soups include:
    • Baršciai - The Lithuanian version of borscht (beet soup). Chopped mushrooms are often added, and sometimes the soup may be blended with butter or sour cream.

    • Bulviniu kukuliu sriuba - A soup made with minced potato shaped into balls and then boiled in milk.

    • Šaltibaršciai - A bright pink cold borscht soup, made using cooked or pickled beets and chopped vegetables. Often served with chopped hard-boiled eggs, sour cream and hot boiled potato.

    • Sauerkraut soup - A soup made from sauerkraut. Often seasoned with bay leaves, carrots, onions and pork.

    • Vištos sultinys - Chicken soup
    Some popular Lithuanian appetizers include:
    • Idaryti kiaušiniai - Hard boiled eggs, cut in half, stuffed and garnished.

    • Idaryti pomidorai - Tomatoes, cut in half, stuffed and garnished.

    • Lašiniai - Pork underskin fat. Often eaten in sandwiches with unbuttered bread and onion.

      Lašiniai with an onion

    • Piršteliai prie alaus - Rolled up puff pastries.
    Some popular Lithuanian main courses include:
    • Balandeliai - Cabbage leaves stuffed with meat, then braised.

    • Bigos - A stew made from meat (various types may be used), sausage and cabbage.

    • 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).

      Cepelinai

    • Kedainiu blynai - Potato pancakes filled with chopped meat.

    • Kibinai - Pastry with mutton and onions.

    • Kotletai - Ground meat patties, served with potato and a sauce.

    • Lietiniai - Thin pancakes filled with ground meat and cheese with cinnamon, or with minced sauteed mushrooms.

    • Šaltnosiukai - Dumplings with lingonberries.

    • Šašlykai - Cubes of pork, marinated and cooked on a skewer over a fire. The Lithuanian version of shashlik.

    • Skilandis (also known as "kindziukas") - Pig stomach, stuffed with ground meat and garlic, then smoked and matured.

    • Žemaiciu blynai - Potato pancakes.
    Some popular Lithuanian desserts include:
    • Kuciukai (also known as "šližikai") - Small baked rolls traditionally eaten on Christmas Eve (Lithuanian: Kucios).

    • Šakotis - A traditional Lithuanian cake, most often eaten at wedding and birthday celebrations. It is 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.

    • Spurgos - The Lithuanian version of donuts.

      Spurgos

    • Žagareliai (sometimes known as "chrustai" or "krustai") - Twisted deep-fried pastries covered with powdered sugar.


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    By Liam Luxe

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    My Food Odyssey - Lithuanian Cooking: Nine of my favourite traditional Lithuanian dishes

    By June Molloy Vladi?ka

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    Art of Lithuanian Cooking

    By Maria Gieysztor de Gorgey

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    Lithuanian Cookbook - Uncover the Rich and Diverse Flavors of Lithuania: The Collection of Traditional and Authentic Lithuanian Recipes Passed Down from Generations.

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    The Food and Cooking of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania: Traditions, Ingredients, Tastes and Techniques in 60 Classic Recipes

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