Name: Cepelinai
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Lithuania
Ingredients: 3 lb (1.4 kg) raw potatoes, peeled; 1 lb (450 g) cooked potatoes, mashed; 1 tsp salt; Filling: 1 lb (450 g) ground pork, 1 onion, salt, pepper, marjoram; Sauce: 1 cup sour cream, 6 slices diced bacon, 1 onion; Chopped dill to serve

Where it comes from

Cepelinai are a national dish of Lithuania, named after their zeppelin-like shape. Raw and cooked potato are combined to make a sturdy dough that wraps a savory filling.

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Recipe

Make Cepelinai at home

Serves 4Time 1 hour 30 minutes

Ingredients

3 lb (1.4 kg) raw potatoes, peeled
1 lb (450 g) cooked potatoes, mashed
1 tsp salt
Filling: 1 lb (450 g) ground pork, 1 onion, salt, pepper, marjoram
Sauce: 1 cup sour cream, 6 slices diced bacon, 1 onion
Chopped dill to serve

How it's made

Mix the filling ingredients and form 8 oval portions.
Finely grate the raw potatoes and squeeze out the liquid through a cloth, saving the starch that settles.
Stir the starch back into the grated potato and mix in the mashed potato and salt.
Wrap a handful of potato mixture around each meat portion to form an oval.
Slide the dumplings into simmering salted water and cook 25 minutes.
Fry the bacon and onion until golden.
Serve the dumplings topped with bacon and sour cream.