Copper COPPER
Download

← All countries

🇱🇻 Traditional dishes from Latvia

3 dishes people actually cook in Latvia: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

🇱🇻

The dart landed on Latvia. Drag to spin the planet.

Grey peas and ham

120 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Grey peas and ham, a traditional dish from Latvia

Savor the hearty flavors of Latvia with this dish!

  • 200 g grey peas
  • 300 g smoked ham
  • 1 onion
  • 1 carrot
  • 1 bay leaf
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 water

Piragi

90 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Piragi, a traditional dish from Latvia

Delicious Latvian pastries filled with savory goodness.

  • 500 g all-purpose flour
  • 10 g yeast
  • 250 ml milk
  • 100 g butter
  • 2 onions
  • 300 g ground pork
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp black pepper
  • 1 egg

Sklandrausis

120 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Sklandrausis, a traditional dish from Latvia

Deliciously sweet and savory Latvian rye pastries!

  • 300 g rye flour
  • 100 g butter
  • 150 ml water
  • 200 g carrots
  • 200 g potatoes
  • 1 tsp cumin seeds
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 100 g sour cream

What do people eat in Latvia?

The three dishes from Latvia documented in Copper are Grey peas and ham, Piragi and Sklandrausis. Butter and onion each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are baked. Two of the three need an oven. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Latvia?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 2 are shared by more than one dish. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the Latvia entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Latvia take?

Piragi is the quickest at 90 minutes. Grey peas and ham is the longest at 120 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 120 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Latvia is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Latvia here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Piragi is the shortest way in.

Get the step-by-step recipes