A FOOD TRADITION
Lithuanian Cuisine
Lithuanian cuisine combines potato-based staples, rye and dairy products, preserved meats, mushrooms, berries, and distinctive regional traditions.
Dishes linked to this cuisine
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Fried Bread
Lithuanian fried bread consists of rye bread fried in oil and commonly seasoned with garlic, sometimes with a cheese topping.
Juka
A traditional Lithuanian blood soup made by simmering pork blood with potatoes, onion, and often pieces of pork or cured pork.
Kastinys
Kastinys is a Lithuanian cultured dairy spread made by working sour cream with butter and salt until smooth and tangy.
Kibinai
Kibinai are baked Lithuanian pastries filled traditionally with minced lamb and onion in a buttery wheat-flour dough.
Kindziukas
A Lithuanian cured and smoked pork sausage traditionally packed into a pig-stomach casing and served sliced, usually cold.
Kisielius
Kisielius is a traditional Lithuanian fruit jelly made by boiling fruit, usually cranberries, with sugar and thickening it with potato starch until spoonable or pourable.
Koldūnai
Koldūnai are Lithuanian boiled dumplings made from wheat-flour dough, commonly filled with minced pork and onion and sometimes enriched with egg.
Kūčiukai
Kūčiukai are small Lithuanian yeasted pastries baked with poppy seeds and traditionally served during the Christmas Eve meal.
Kugelis
Lithuanian kugelis is a baked grated-potato pudding commonly enriched with egg, milk, onion, and pork or cured pork.
Milk Soup
A Lithuanian milk-based soup typically simmered with water and potatoes, with rice or wheat noodles in some versions.
Mushroom Soup
A traditional Lithuanian mushroom soup simmered with mushrooms, potatoes, carrots, and onion, with cream appearing in some versions.
Šakotis
Šakotis is a Lithuanian spit-baked tree cake made from a rich egg-and-flour batter that forms branched layers as it cooks.
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