Category: Lithuanian Recipes
The potato reached Lithuania late and then took the kitchen over completely. Grated raw, squeezed dry and bound with its own starch, it becomes cepelinai, dumplings the size and shape of a zeppelin, which is where the name comes from. The same grated potato, thinner, becomes bulviniai blynai.
The Lithuanian recipes here mostly come with a lighter counterpart.
Soups. Saltibarsciai, the cold beet and kefir soup that turns an improbable pink and is eaten all summer, with hot potatoes on the side rather than in the bowl.
Dumplings. Cepelinai, and koldunai, the smaller half-moon dumplings closer to their Slavic neighbours.
Main dishes. Kibinai, the mutton pastries the Karaim community brought to Trakai in the fourteenth century and still bake there; and balandeliai, cabbage rolls whose name means little doves.
This is the newest and smallest of the four kitchens here, and it is still filling out. If you have cooked a Lithuanian dish that belongs on this list, the contact page is open.
Related elsewhere on the site: stuffed cabbage across the region, and four potato pancakes compared.
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~3 hours (with rising) | Serves: 6 per version | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Swap the traditional lamb filling for lean…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~40 minutes | Total time: ~3 hours (with rising) | Serves: 6 (about 12 kibinai) | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Make a simple leavened dough with…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Prep: ~1 hour | Cooking: ~1 hour 15 minutes | Serves: 6 | Makes: about 16–18 rolls | Difficulty: Intermediate Quick Overview Choose a filling: leaner ground pork…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Prep: ~1 hour | Cooking: ~1 hour 15 minutes | Serves: 6 | Makes: about 16–18 rolls | Difficulty: Intermediate Quick Overview Blanch a whole head of cabbage…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~45 minutes | Serves: 4 (about 14–16 pancakes) | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Air-fry or oven-bake instead of pan-frying in a…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: ~30 minutes | Total time: ~40 minutes | Serves: 4 (about 14–16 pancakes) | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Grate the potatoes and onion together into a…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 1 hour | Total time: about 1 hour 45 minutes | Serves: 6 (about 50 dumplings) | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Make a dough from…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 1 hour | Total time: about 1 hour 45 minutes | Serves: 6 (about 50 dumplings) | Difficulty: Medium Quick Overview Make a simple dough…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 1 hour 30 minutes | Cook time: 35 minutes | Serves: 4 per filling (8 dumplings) | Difficulty: Advanced Quick Overview Grate raw potatoes and…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 25 minutes, plus time for the beets to cool | Chill time: 1 hour minimum | Serves: 4 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Use low-fat…
Skip to main content Skip to ingredients Skip to instructions Skip to nutrition information Jump to Ingredients Jump to Instructions Jump to Recipe Card Jump to Nutrition Active time: about 25 minutes, plus time for the beets to cool | Chill time: 1 hour minimum | Serves: 4 | Difficulty: Easy Quick Overview Boil the…
