Traditional foods of Lithuania

Traditional foods of Traditional foods of LithuaniaLithuaniaGastronomia de LituaniaGastronomia de Lituania

Lithuania and food !? Lithuania and food !?

Lithuanian culinary Lithuanian culinary traditions are the traditions are the brightest in Eastern brightest in Eastern Europe.Europe.

Lithuanians like to eat Lithuanians like to eat good, tasty and a lot of good, tasty and a lot of food. food.

It is said about It is said about Lithuanian cooks that a Lithuanian cooks that a good cook can create good cook can create delicious food just by delicious food just by using simple ingredients.using simple ingredients.

What are the most What are the most popular ingredients?popular ingredients?

PotatoesPotatoes RyeRye BeetrootBeetroot Various meatVarious meat MushroomsMushrooms Dairy productsDairy products

Traditional dishes: Nr. 1Traditional dishes: Nr. 1

““Cepelinai”Cepelinai” Zeppelins are big, round Zeppelins are big, round

shaped dumplings made shaped dumplings made from potatoes and from potatoes and stuffedstuffed meat inside. meat inside.

They are usually served They are usually served with mushroom sour with mushroom sour cream. cream.

Peoples, who don’t like Peoples, who don’t like meat, can eat the meat, can eat the Zeppelins with curd filling Zeppelins with curd filling inside.inside.


““Juoda duona”Juoda duona” This kind of bread is This kind of bread is

the oldest Lithuanian the oldest Lithuanian traditional food. traditional food.

Lithuanian dark rye Lithuanian dark rye bread is fresh, bread is fresh, delicious and can be delicious and can be eaten during eaten during breakfast, lunch, breakfast, lunch, dinner.dinner.


““Šaltibarščiai”(Cold Šaltibarščiai”(Cold BorschtBorscht// Beetroot Soup) Beetroot Soup)

Beetroot soup is a Beetroot soup is a popular summer soup popular summer soup because it‘s cold. because it‘s cold.

It‘s made from boiled It‘s made from boiled eggs, cooked shredded eggs, cooked shredded beets, cucumber, dill, beets, cucumber, dill, green onions, kefir.green onions, kefir.

This soup is served with This soup is served with boiled or fried potatoes boiled or fried potatoes on the side.on the side.


““Bulviniai blynai” Bulviniai blynai” (Potato pancakes).(Potato pancakes).

These pancakes are These pancakes are made from potatoes. made from potatoes.

Sometimes the meat Sometimes the meat filling is put inside.filling is put inside.


““Balandėliai” Balandėliai” (Little Doves)(Little Doves) This dish is made This dish is made

from cabbage leave from cabbage leave stuffed with a minced stuffed with a minced meat, rice and onion meat, rice and onion filling. filling.


““Grybienė” Grybienė” (Mushroom soup)(Mushroom soup) Mushroom is soup is Mushroom is soup is

usually made from usually made from sour cream, various sour cream, various spicesspices and and mushrooms. mushrooms.

It’s often eaten with It’s often eaten with the dark rye bread.the dark rye bread.

Traditional dishes: Nr. 7Traditional dishes: Nr. 7 ““Varškės sūris”Varškės sūris” (Cottage Cheese)(Cottage Cheese) Cottage cheese dishes Cottage cheese dishes

are very popular in are very popular in Lithuania and it’s usually Lithuania and it’s usually triangular shape. triangular shape.

There are different types There are different types of cottage cheese.of cottage cheese.

It can be eaten with It can be eaten with dark rye bread or as a dark rye bread or as a desert with jam.desert with jam.

Sometimes Lithuanians Sometimes Lithuanians put jello bits in it.put jello bits in it.


Gira (Kvas) Gira (Kvas) Gira is a fermented Gira is a fermented

drink made from drink made from black rye bread. black rye bread.


““šakotis” or šakotis” or “bankuchenas”“bankuchenas”

The The name means name means "branched tree" or "tree "branched tree" or "tree with many branches“with many branches“..

It is baked by painting It is baked by painting layers of dough onto a layers of dough onto a rotating spit in a special rotating spit in a special oven an open fire.oven an open fire.

Šakotis is one of the Šakotis is one of the most important desserts most important desserts especially at weddingsespecially at weddings..

ŠakotisŠakotis


Skruzdėlynas Skruzdėlynas ("anthill") ("anthill")

CConsists of individual onsists of individual pastries stacked on pastries stacked on top of one another, top of one another, sprinkled with poppy sprinkled with poppy seeds and glazed seeds and glazed with honey.with honey.

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