The herring doesn’t have many fans, but those who love it – will understand me very well – that at least once a month, no matter what time of the year it is, you want that little salty piece of herring. Although, I usually serve herring in very simple way – with onions, oil and…
Kategorija: Lietuviška virtuvė/Lithuanian Kitchen
Traditional Potato Pancakes / Tradiciniai bulviniai blynai
This is one of the easiest recipes to make the potato pancakes. Most of Lithuanians make potato pancakes according to this recipe. At least in this way potato pancakes were made in my grandparents and my mother’s house. Of course, the recipe can be adapted according to everyone’s taste – the ones who like more…
Cold Beet Soup / Šaltibarščiai
In my blog there was missing a one traditional, Lithuanian recipe – cold beet soup. It is really difficult to imagine summer without this soup in Lithuania. Usually, if you start making cold beet soup it means the summer has come, or the weather is warm enough that your body itself asks for a cold…
Traditional Farmer’s Cheese Dumplings / Tradiciniai varškės virtinukai
That’s how my grandmother and mom used to make farmer’s cheese dumplings. Only they always eyeballed the quantities and the dumplings always used to come out perfectly! As I’ve often helped them both in the kitchen, I also prepare most of traditional Lithuanian dishes using eyeballing method. You will need only a few products to prepare…
Healthy Pearl Barley with Peas/Sveika perlinių kruopų ir žirnių košė
The grain porridges in my home are quite popular because you need very little ingredients, the preparation is simple and after eating the porridge you can be full for a whole day. My mother usually makes porridges from 4 or 5 different types of grain, which is cooked with meat, sausages or just bacon with…
Fluffy Farmer Cheese Pancakes / Purūs varškėčiai
Farmer cheese pancakes is one of the most delicious meal from my childhood. As a kid, I could eat farmer cheese pancakes for breakfast, lunch and dinner… So, as you can see I really love them! And now, at least once a month, I have to make some farmer cheese pancakes, because I just miss…
Farmer Cheese Cheesecake with Rolled Oats / Varškės apkepas su avižiniais dribsniais
Since I always have some farmer cheese in my fridge, so I often like to make light and simple farmer cheesecakes. Most importantly, the preparation of the batter for farmer cheesecakes takes a very short time, and then you can enjoy the cake for several days. I made some improvements to my cake with adding…
Borsch/Barščiai
There is a big diversity of borsch recipes – Ukrainian, Russian, Polish, etc. It could be even said that each Eastern European country has one or more specific ingredients in the borsch recipe, which makes borsch their country soup. In my own kitchen, I usually make borsch with sauerkraut and little pieces of meat, and…
Herring with Onions, Oil and Lemon Juice/Silkė su svogūnais, aliejumi ir citrinos sultimis
At least several times a month I always make something from the herring. I just want that different and distinctive taste of herring, which is very difficult to find elsewhere in the world kitchens. I know that for the Americans and probably for people from many other countries, eating the herring is a very obscure…
Pork Pilaf / Kiaulienos Plovas
Who could refuse a bowl of evaporating and delicious pilaf?? 🙂 In Lithuania it would be probably difficult to find lithuanian, who wouldn’t like pilaf. Although pilaf is especially popular in many Asian, Balkan and other neighboring countries, Lithuania is not an exception neither (although it’s neither Asia nor Balkans :D). Perhaps pilaf adapted to…
Sorrel Soup with Hard-Boiled Eggs / Rūgštynių sriuba su kietai virtais kiaušiniais
I remember sorrel soup from my childhood – so simple, rustic and very tasty. To make this soup takes very little time, so, for those who are rushing to make lunch or dinner, sorrel soup will be a great option. From time to time I want that taste of sorrel soup, so when I see…
Fried Bread, Bean and Cheese Salad / Keptos duonos, pupelių ir sūrio mišrainė
This is one of my favorite Lithuanian salad 🙂 Traditional, simple and filling fried bread salad is not only quite popular in Lithuanian cuisine, but prepared often as well, especially during festive occasions. Or it is one of the way how to use a little dried bread, when you don’t want to throw it away. Although, it’s…
Lithuanian in the USA 