Cepelinai, Delicious Dumplings Shaped like the Zeppelin (Recipe)

GUEST POST: Kamilė of To Youpiter shares with us a recipe for what sounds like the perfect winter food – cepelinai.

Last night, I went with my friend for a couple of drinks and after like three hours we were already searching for some drunk food in the middle of the Lithuanian capital – Vilnius. On this chilly Autumn weather we all started to dream about a huge portion of Cepelinai with some sour cream and bacon bits.

Unfortunately, cepelinai is not a drunk food, it is a traditional food which you eat usually with all your family and it is difficult to make. This is the reason why they are often made only for potato harvest season in fall and large celebrations. Actually, many Lithuanians find it better to eat this meal at a restaurant than make it by themselves.

Cepelinai is a Lithuanian national dish which consists of large “dumplings” made from a mixture of raw and cooked potato dough filled with pork or curd. Also, it is covered generously with sour cream and bacon.

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