Grey peas with bacon
This is one of the most traditional Latvian dishes popular for the cold season.
Traditional bacon rolls “P«rgi”
This is one of the most traditional Latvian staple, consumed in every major Latvian festivity.
Rye bread
Rye bread is Latvian specialty. This recipe is for‚ bread made of parboiled flour, Plaucta Rupjmaize in Latvian.
Skalndrau…ái (vegetable tarts)
These are traditional tarts baked in Kurzeme (West part of Latvia), for other regions these are less known.
Potato with herring and curds
This combination of the three of the most typical Latvian cuisine products will reveal the basic formula of Latvian cuisine taste. And the dish is so easy to prepare!
Potato pancakes
Potatoes have become the ‚second bread‚ to Latvians. I know some people that have childhood trauma, i.e. they refuse boiled potatoes as during the Soviet times when most of produce was rationed to potatoes – boiled potatoes literary were on the plate every day.
Porridge “Buksti… biezputra”‚
This very traditional groats porridge serves as a main dish and is absolutely delicious.
Quickly salted cucumbers
Lightly salted cucumber is an absolute hit – easy and quick to prepare and has both freshness of summer and character of the pickling.
