Food of Lithuania
Lithuanian food is hearty and rooted in potatoes, rye, pork, dairy, beets and forest mushrooms. Dumplings, potato dishes and cold soups are national favorites, and dark rye bread and sour cream appear at nearly every meal. Dishes are shared at family tables and larger gatherings.
Cepelinai
Zeppelin-shaped potato dumplings stuffed with meat, served with sour cream and bacon.
How to make Cepelinai- Main dishes (9)
- Breakfast (1)
- Soups (3)
- Salads (1)
- Breads (1)
- Desserts and sweets (3)
- Drinks (3)
- Fruits and produce (3)
Staples
- potatoes
- rye
- pork
- beets
- dairy
- mushrooms
- cabbage
Signature flavors
- dill
- caraway
- marjoram
- garlic
- sour cream
- horseradish
Main dishes
Zeppelin-shaped potato dumplings stuffed with meat, served with sour cream and bacon.
Key ingredients: potatoes, ground pork, sour cream, baconFull guide →
A baked grated-potato pudding with bacon and onion.
Key ingredients: potatoes, bacon, onion, eggs, milkCrispy potato pancakes served with sour cream.
Key ingredients: potatoes, onion, eggCabbage rolls filled with minced meat and rice, in tomato sauce.
Key ingredients: cabbage, ground pork, rice, tomato
Baked half-moon pastries filled with meat and onion, from Trakai.
Key ingredients: dough, lamb or beef, onion, butter
Smoked pork sausage, firm and flavorful.
Key ingredients: pork, garlic, pepperHerring under a fur coat of beets and potatoes.
Key ingredients: herring, beets, potatoes, carrots, mayonnaiseSmall meat-filled dumplings in broth or with butter.
Key ingredients: dough, ground meat, onionPotato sausage baked and sliced.
Key ingredients: potatoes, pork casing, baconBreakfast
Sweet cottage cheese pancakes.
Key ingredients: curd, eggs, flourSoups
Bright pink cold beet soup with kefir, cucumber and dill, served with hot potatoes.
Key ingredients: beets, kefir, cucumber, dill, eggs
Wild mushroom soup with sour cream.
Key ingredients: mushrooms, potatoes, cream
A creamy soup made with rye bread.
Key ingredients: rye bread, milkSalads
Boiled beets dressed with sour cream.
Key ingredients: beets, sour creamBreads
The dark rye bread of Lithuania.
Key ingredients: rye, sourdoughDesserts and sweets
A tall spit cake with spiky tree-ring layers.
Key ingredients: eggs, butter, flour, sugarLayered honey cake with sour cream.
Key ingredients: honey, flour, sour creamFried doughnuts with jam.
Key ingredients: flour, yeast, jamDrinks
Fermented bread drink.
Key ingredients: rye bread
Cultured milk.
Key ingredients: milk
Mint and linden infusions.
Key ingredients: mint, lindenFruits and produce
Summer favorites.
Key ingredients: jam, cream
Orchard fruit.
Key ingredients: cake, juice
Sweet red berries.
Key ingredients: jamDish guides from Lithuania
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Cepelinai 2, Vilnius, Lithuania - Diliff: Diliff, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kugelis 2012: Eden, Janine and Jim, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 02017 0065 Litauische Kibinai in Schlesien: Silar, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Skilandis2: AndreasStrasbourg, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Lurid borscht: User:TreasuryTag, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cream mushroom soup 3: Redeemer|Vodesnet, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fränkische Brotsuppe-1: --Xocolatl 16:41, 11 May 2008 (UTC), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Market Bread, Riga, Latvia: Ken Eckert, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Šakotis 3799: Sven Teschke, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mint bread kvas: Mr.Icon (Mricon), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Kefir in a glass: Quijote at Russian Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Hibiscus Delight tisane: Violette79 from Brooklyn, NY, USA, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Garden strawberry (Fragaria × ananassa) single2: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 95apple: Agricultural Research Service (Research agent of United States Department of Agriculture), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Raspberry - halved (Rubus idaeus): Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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