Lithuanian National Meals. Kugelis with pigs ears is a photograph by Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite which was uploaded on December 4th, 2011.
Lithuanian National Meals. Kugelis with pigs ears
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Lithuanian National Meals. Kugelis with pigs ears
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Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite
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Lithuanian National Meals. Kugelis with pigs ears
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Traditional Lithuanian meal- kugelis- is made from grated potatoes adding chef's choice of meat and spices to it, because everyone finds own way to make it tasty. My favorite choice is pig's ears. The second would be pig's feet, then minced pork or smoked ham. Not all people imagine that pig's head, ears or feet can be used for making food but these parts indeed make great delicious dishes. Some people like kugelis with chicken. It's not my favorite combination.
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So how do we, Lithuanians, make our Kugelis?
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The main ingredient is peeled and grated potatoes. The rest is a matter of taste and cook's fantasy. For ordinary days I have the "budget" version of kugelis made with cracklings. I fry bacon or pre-cooked cracklings with onions and more pork fat while peeling potatoes. If I do a more festive cooking for guests as shown in this photo, I use pork ears, feet or ham for better taste. Ears, feet or ham must be pre-cooked with own spiced before mixing with raw grated potatoes.
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When done with preparing potatoes (peeled and grated), I add some flour and milk or kefir (non flavored), salt and pepper, fried onions and cracklings or other meats I am using.. Some people add egg/s too but I never do it. All ingredients are mixed well together and baked in the preheated oven for 1.5 hr or until nice golden brown outside and well cooked through the middle. Use a fork to check if it's ready.
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Kugelis is always served hot and can be accompanied by a white creamy gravy (made using cracklings or butter), sour cream, pickles, kefir or milk. Again, it's a matter of choice.
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December 4th, 2011
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Comments (10)
Pan Orsatti
I see a smily face on the cake...
Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite replied:
Good eye, Pan! This was a nice surprise I found when cut a potato pudding into pieces. The only thing I touched was to push one "eye" a little bit so that it was on the same level as the other.
Tina Wenger
I see it now. You are right about sweet stuff...here the sweeter the better, the bigger the bigger...obsessions with (er and est)....taller, tallest? smaller, smallest? But that thinking is slowly changing... minimalism is coming back...or was it ever around the first place? Thanks.
Tina Wenger
Thanks Ausra...
Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite replied:
You're welcome, Tina. Did you see I just added one more comment above?
Tina Wenger
Pardon the ignorance and the laziness to look it up, but what is keffir?
Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite replied:
It's a fermented dairy product, rather thick beverage, similar to non-flavored and not sweetened yogurt.
Ausra Huntington nee Paulauskaite replied:
I noticed that in US you mostly have sweet, berry flavored sorts of kefir ( http://diaryofamamawannabe.files.wordpress.com/2011/02/3692018270_7ccd90a1e1.jpg ) but here we have plain ones, and call the flavored ones- yogurts.
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