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🇱🇹 Traditional dishes from Lithuania

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

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Cepelinai

120 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Cepelinai, a traditional dish from Lithuania

Delight in these hearty Lithuanian potato dumplings!

  • 800 g potatoes
  • 400 g ground meat
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp black pepper
  • 200 g sour cream
  • 50 g butter
  • 100 g smoked bacon

Kugelis

120 min · medium · 9 ingredients

Kugelis, a traditional dish from Lithuania

Savor the rich, comforting flavors of Lithuanian kugelis!

  • 800 g potatoes
  • 1 onion
  • 200 g bacon
  • 3 eggs
  • 250 ml milk
  • 100 g flour
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 0.5 tsp black pepper
  • 50 g butter

Saltibarsciai

30 min · easy · 9 ingredients

Saltibarsciai, a traditional dish from Lithuania

Chilled beetroot soup bursting with vibrant flavors!

  • 500 g beetroot
  • 200 g cucumber
  • 100 g radishes
  • 20 g dill
  • 200 g sour cream
  • 1 vegetable broth
  • 2 tbsp lemon juice
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper

What do people eat in Lithuania?

The three dishes from Lithuania documented in Copper are Cepelinai, Kugelis and Saltibarsciai. Butter and onion each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are boiled. One of the three needs an oven. Between them they use 18 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Lithuania?

The three recipes need 18 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Sour cream is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 13 use sour cream. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Lithuania take?

Saltibarsciai is the quickest at 30 minutes. Cepelinai 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 Lithuania is easiest to make at home?

Saltibarsciai is rated easy — start there. The full method is on its recipe page, step by step, free to read.

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