Traditionally, these stuffed Lithuanian potato pancakes (a.k.a. Žemaičių blynai) are made with boiled, minced meat, but for that you need to boil the meat, then mince it, in other words, lots of work… Since I wanted these pancakes so much, so I decided to make it in a simpler and faster way – stuff the…
Žyma: Lietuviška virtuvė
Lithuanian Anthill / Lietuviškas skruzdėlynas
Today, I congratulate my homeland Lithuania on Independence Day! On February 16, 1918 it was signed the Lithuanian Independence Act, which re-established Lithuania as an independent country. For this joyful occasion I want to share with you one very traditional, Lithuanian and in my family one of favorite sweets – anthill. If you have never heard…
Dumpling Casserole with Cheese and Cream / Koldūnų užkepėlė su sūriu ir grietinėle
Super filling and quick meal! Dumpling lovers will really like it, I guarantee. I really like dumplings, but simply boiled dumplings sometimes are just boring, so, this time I tried something more interesting. And behold, a great option for a delicious lunch for a whole household – dumpling casserole with cheese and cream. All you…
Fluffy Curd Cheese Dumplings/Purūs varškės virtinukai
My childhood food – curd cheese dumplings, or also called “sloths“. Mostly, in our family, my grandmother used to make these “sloths“. She was very fond of such a light, simple curd cheese dumplings, and I, of course, loved those sweet, soft “sloths“. We usually eat curd cheese dumplings with sugar and butter, jam and sour…
Mom’s Potato and Cheese Pancakes / Mamos bulviniai blynai su fermentiniu sūriu
These pancakes are my mother’s, I could say – a specialty. She often likes to make these pancakes for a quick lunch, when she is in a hurry and don’t have time for a long cooking process, and want a filling lunch for all household. I also liked them and successfully began to make in…
Old-style curd cheese pie/Senovinis varškės pyragas
I made this pie for several times, so it’s tested and approved – great tasting curd cheese pie. It’s one of those, which I still want to bake time to time. This recipe I learned from my mother’s old friend, who has the big treasury of delicious, old-style recipes. Time to time she shares those…
Marinated Mushroom Salad / Marinuotų grybų mišrainė
Although the holidays have passed quite long time ago, but I still want to share with you the last recipes of my Christmas Eve (Kūčių) menu. Just one more left – marinated mushroom salad. Quick and easy to make, it’s filling and vegetarian. You can serve that kind of salad as a side dish with many other…
Silkė su obuolių ir garstyčių pagardu (Kūčių valgiai)/Herring with apple and mustard relish
Silkė su obuoliais ir garstyčiomis buvo naujovė ant mano Kūčių stalo, kuri labai skaniai “susivalgė“, nes skoniai puikiai derėjo tarpusavyje. Iš tikrųjų niekada nepagalvočiau, kad silkė gali derėti su obuoliu… Su garstyčiomis ir taip mėgstu silkę, bet niekada nebandžiau ragauti su garstyčiomis ir su obuoliu. Tokia silke galite paįvairinti ir savo kasdienį stalą, vis bus…
Burokėlių ir raugintų kopūstų salotos (Kūčių valgiai)/Beetroot and sauerkraut salad
Salotos, puikiai tinkančios tiek Kūčių stalui, tiek bet kuriai kitai progai ar papildyti kasdieniam pietų, ar vakarienės meniu. Salotos tikrai sveikos, vegetariškos, pagaminamos per pora akimirkų. Tokios salotos labai dera su mėsos patiekalais. Šių salotų gaminimo pabaigoje labai svarbu paragauti, ar užtenka rūgštelės, ar nereikia cukraus, ar daugiau druskos. Šiaip visus prieskonius, aliejų, actą ir…
Silkės blyneliai (Kūčių valgiai)/Herring pancakes
Per Kūčias šis patiekalas yra mano vienas mėgstamiausių. Mano mama tokius blynelius visada kepdavo Kūčių rytą, nes, kaip žinia, šią dieną negalima valgyti mėsos, kiaušinių ir pieno produktų, na ir dar saldumynų. Bet dėl pastarųjų vaikams yra daug nuolaidų… Taigi, receptas labai tradicinis, super greitai ir paprastai pagaminamas. Ant blynelių galite pabarstyti keptų svogūnų, bet…
Christmas Eve Dinner (Kūčios) / Kūčių vakarienė
Here passed another Christmas Eve and Christmas, my favorite time of the year… Actually time simply flies during the festive period. It’s just a few days left until the New Year… Before that I’d like to share with you my Christmas Eve dinner (Kūčios) menu, which was almost traditional Lithuanian. I also included some new…
Kūčiukai (Lithuanian Christmas Eve Special Cookies) / Kūčiukai
What an indescribable aroma occurs in home, when the Christmas Eve cookies (Kūčiukai) are baking in the oven!!! It’s just impossible to imagine Christmas Eve (Kūčios) itself without Christmas Eve cookies (Kūčiukai)… It’s like a mother – Kūčia (Christmas Eve) with her children – Kūčiukai (Christmas Eve cookies)… I think Christmas Eve is a very…
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