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Category Archives: latvian
Šašliks – Two Ways
As promised on Friday, here are the recipes we used for this year’s šašliks.
What are šašliks? You probably know them as shish-kebobs or shashliks (š is sh) – just skewered, marinated meat that’s grilled. Nom.
I don’t think I could pick one of these as a favorite of the night – I wished for more of both!
Cranberry Chile Pork Šašliks [printable recipe]
- 1/2 lb to 1 lb pork1, cut into 1″ – 2″ chunks
- 150 g cranberries
- 1
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Jāņi 2010
Boy, we had some good food this year for Jāņi and thought I’d share what we made. We didn’t make as much as usual – I kinda forgot to set up rupjmaizes kartojums for dessert. If you celebrated Jāņi, what did you have?
We decided to do the spicy pepper version of Jāņu siers finally, substituting very finely minced jalapeno for the caraway seeds. If you like spicy cheeses, you HAVE to do this one – it’s quite like spicy Havarti or…
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Ryazhenka (Baked Cultured Milk)
One night, when we still lived in Liepāja, we were at Rimi picking up food for the next day or so and my husband decided he felt like ryazhenka. He loves the caramelized taste of the milk and thought I might like it. I did, though I couldn’t drink much of it at once. (It actually wound up being my gateway to drinking kefir!)
But, I hadn’t had ryazhenka again since well before we left Latvia together (and neither has he), so when we saw our favorite Russian market1 had started carrying it, we picked up a bottle. It…
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Biezpiens, refined.
Yes, this is my messy desk, covered with notes and textbooks for my classes, books on Latvian language and my coupon organizer with its Duck Duck Go search engine sticker.
I’ve spoken in the past about Latvian biezpiens, roughly translated as “curdles.” It’s an essential part of making pankūkas, for one, and several desserts (like biezpiena maize).
It’s also completely unavailable to me. You might find it in Brooklyn, maybe. And quark just doesn’t cut it for me. It’s just not the same…
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Latvian Iced Mint Tea
We have a brand new little Chocolate Mint plant as part of our spring planting because I quite simply could not resist the York Peppermint Patty smell of its leaves. I knew this variety existed but I wasn’t expecting to find it at the local nursery.
We figured that since we like hot peppermint tea, making an iced version should be quite tasty. Turns out we were right, it’s really good and very refreshing. It’s a lot like lemonade – great to have a tall, cold glass of this when it’s hot and you’re working in the garden. While I don’t like traditional American iced teas, this is just right to me.
Plus, it’s a good way to use up mint.
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