Lithuania
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Cepelinai
The zeppelins: huge airship-shaped dumplings of raw-and-cooked grated potato stuffed with curd or meat, glossed with spirgai bacon-onion sauce. Ingredients: potatoes (raw grated and cooked mashed), curd cheese (varškė) o…
Šaltibarščiai
The shocking-pink summer soup: cold kefir and beet soup with cucumber, dill and a hot boiled potato on the side — Lithuania's most photographed bowl. Ingredients: boiled beets (or pickled), kefir, cucumbers, spring onion…
Kugelis
Lithuania's potato pudding: grated potatoes baked with bacon, onion and milk into a golden, sliceable bake — served with sour cream or lingonberries. Ingredients: potatoes, bacon, onions, milk, eggs, salt, pepper, marjor…
Šakotis
The tree cake of weddings: a batter dripped onto a rotating spit over open fire, layer by layer, until it becomes a golden, branched tower — hundreds of 'branches' of sweet dough. Ingredients: eggs (dozens), butter, suga…
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