Latvia Traditional cuisine

Local dishes are quite simple in appearance, but rich and very tasty. Culinary traditions of the country absorbed the Baltic peoples recipes with elements of Polish, German, Belarusian and Scandinavian traditions. For Latvian cuisine is characterized by numerous dishes of potatoes and fish - the Baltic salmon and lamprey in all, thousands of options for cooking cod livers, Snetkov, eels, herring and herring, smoked flounder, stuffed fish, eggs, casserole of herring with boiled potatoes "siltyupudinsh" pike eggs, baked potato with cheese, as well as many potato salads, burgers, chops and garnish.

Along with the potatoes are widely consumed legumes and various vegetables - many beet, pumpkin, etc., salads, boiled gray peas, salad of tomatoes, cucumbers and bell peppers with herbs, braised sauerkraut with a variety of cereals, soup, spinach and sorrel, soup cabbage, soup of vegetables or even fruits and berries, and also considered the national dish of cold beetroot soup "aukshta Zupan.

Of the meat dishes can be noted under the onion steak sauce klopps "," peasant breakfast of fried egg and baked in meat products, "Kurzemes Stroganoffs, soup meat chicken patty with bacon, the original" cheese "made of pig's head, lamb in cumin sauce, fried grilled pork ribs, as well as hundreds of varieties of sausages, frankfurters, bacon, various pates, etc. It is characterized by the inclusion of the dishes at the same time several kinds of meat, as well as a clear preference for a natural in front of minced meat.

Also you can find so many foods that may seem incredible combination of products, such as semolina with whipped whites, Bubert, beer and bread soup with dried fruit, and pudding of black bread or rye bread with cranberry juice and honey, jelly rhubarb with whipped cream, etc.

Of the desserts are interesting famous cake "Alexander" with raspberries or cranberries, sweet cherry soup with dumplings, cakes with a wealth of toppings, the sandwich of rye bread, pastry and bakery products.

Local alcoholic drinks are also very original. The most famous "Riga Black Balsam" in 1755 which is the hallmark of the country. Latvia produced many high-quality vodkas and liqueurs, among which the most interesting caraway vodka "Kimenu Degvins and vodka made from tomatoes, as well as many herbal. His first-class quality is known and local beer. The most popular light-class Aldaris Selten, "" Aldaris Luksusa and Bauskas Gaysais ", as well as dark beers" Bauskas Tumsais and Porteris.