Food of Lithuania
6 traditional dishes · Europe
Cities & regions of Lithuania
Cepelinai
Large potato dumplings stuffed with meat, named for zeppelins.
Balandėliai
Lithuanian cabbage rolls of pork and rice braised in tomato cream, served at Sunday tables from Vilnius to Klaipėda with boiled potatoes.
Liliputas
Liliputas is Lithuania's mild, semi-hard cow's-milk cheese from the Rokiškio dairy, creamy and slightly sweet with small, soft holes.
Šaltibarščiai
Vivid pink cold beetroot soup for hot summer days.
Vištinės Goose
Roasted or cured goose of the rare Lithuanian Vištinės breed, served at Christmas and Martinmas tables in rural Aukštaitija and at heritage-food festivals in Vilnius and Kaunas.
Kugelis
Lithuanian baked potato pudding with eggs and onion, served with cold borscht and sour cream as a Sunday classic.