Lithuanian food, cuisine and dishes

Lithuanian-style potato pancakes with meat

Potato pancakes with meat - it's a traditional Lithuanian cuisine dish. There it is called "Žemaičių" pancakes. It's potato pancake stuffed with minced meat, boiled meat or other fillings (you can choose by your taste!).This recipe for pancakes is ve...

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Traditional Lithuanian honey cake "Medutis"

Traditional honey cake "Medutis" is probably one of the most famous cakes in Lithuania. Therefore there are many recipes and preparation methods for this awesome cake. Some tend to bake thick, fluffy sponges, some very thin cookie disks. Some prepare...

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Lithuanian sauerkraut soup with smoked bacon

Sauerkraut soup is truelly one of the most common dishes in Lithuanian kitchen. This time I posted a sauerkraut soup recipe, which I usually use when making this tasty soup. I want to mention, that the tastiest sauerkraut soup is when you don’t use t...

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Traditional Lithuanian bacon buns - lasineciai

A traditional Christmas time treat in many homes is lasineciai - very tasty Lithuanian Bacon Buns.A lot of cooks enjoy making these year 'round, not just during the Christmas period because they are a family favorite. During the Christmas season, the...

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Lithuanian potato pudding - Traditional kugelis with bacon

This is a traditional recipe for Lithuanian savory potato pudding, perfectly known as kugelis or bulviu plokstainis (literally "flat potato"), produces a dense, heavy casserole that is considered one of the national dishes of Lithuania.This potato pu...

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