Latvia

🇱🇻Latvia

Apple or Rhubarb Tarts

Ābolu vai rabarberu pīrāgi

Sweet yeast dough tarts topped with seasonal fruit, whipped cream and crunchy topping.

🇱🇻Latvia

Bacon Pies

Speķa pīrāgi

Crescent-shaped yeast pastries filled with bacon and onion, an iconic Latvian food for celebrations.

🇪🇪Estonia

Baltic Porter

Baltijos porteris

A strong, dark, cold-fermented beer style unique to the Baltic region, with rich malt, dried fruit, and chocolate notes.

🇱🇻Latvia

Barley and Smoked Pork Porridge

Grudenis

Slow-cooked pearl barley with smoked pork, onion and potato, traditionally made for celebrations.

🇱🇻Latvia

Barley Groats Sausage

Putraimdesa

Sausage of pig blood mixed with barley groats, onions and spices, served with lingonberry jam.

🇱🇻Latvia

Barley Porridge with Potatoes

Bukstiņputra

Hearty porridge of barley groats, potatoes, onions and smoked pork, a traditional rustic dish.

🇷🇺Russia

Beef Stroganoff

Бефстроганов

Beef Stroganoff is a Russian dish of tender beef strips in a creamy sour-cream sauce with mustard.

🇪🇪Estonia

Birch Sap

Kasemahl

Fresh birch sap collected in spring, sometimes fermented into sour beverage, a traditional Seto region drink.

🇱🇻Latvia

Birch Sap Lemonade

Bērzu sulas limonāde

Sparkling beverage made from fermented birch sap, a modern take on the traditional spring drink.

🇱🇻Latvia

Blood Pancakes

Asins pankūkas

Pancakes made with blood and barley or rye flour, a traditional winter dish, hearty and rich.

🇱🇻Latvia

Blood Sausage

Asinsdesa

Sausage made with pig blood, barley groats, speck and onions, a traditional Christmas and winter food.

🇺🇦Ukraine

Borshch

Борщ

Deep ruby soup of beet, cabbage and pork finished with garlic dill and a spoon of smetana; UNESCO inscribed Ukrainian borscht culture in 2022.

🇱🇻Latvia

Bread Soup

Maizes zupa

Dessert of rye bread simmered with dried fruits, cinnamon and sugar, served chilled with whipped cream.

🇱🇻Latvia

Breaded Pork Cutlet

Karbonāde

Pounded pork cutlet breaded and fried, served with chanterelle sauce, stewed cabbage, pickles or boiled potatoes.

🇱🇻Latvia

Cabbage Soup

Kāpostu zupa

Simple flavorful soup with cabbage, potatoes, carrots, sometimes smoked sausage, seasoned with caraway and dill.

🇱🇻Kurzeme, Latvia

Carrot Tart

Sklandrausis

EU TSG rye-crust pie filled with layered potato and sweetened carrot, of Livonian origin from Kurzeme region.

🇱🇻Latvia

Celebration Saffron Bread

Kliņģeris

Sweet braided bread with saffron, raisins, almonds, cardamom and citrus, traditionally made for birthdays and celebrations.

🇪🇪Estonia

Chanterelles

Kukeseened

Golden chanterelle mushrooms, the most popular wild mushroom in Estonia, used in creamy sauces and dishes.

🇱🇻Latvia

Cold Beet Soup

Aukstā zupa

Bright pink chilled soup made with beets, kefir, cucumbers, eggs and dill, a refreshing summer staple.

🇱🇻Latvia

Cottage Cheese Pancakes

Biezpiena plācenīši

Fried pancakes made from curd cheese, eggs, flour and sugar, served with jam or sour cream.

🇱🇻Latvia

Cranberry Mousse

Debesmanna

Semolina cooked in sweetened cranberry juice and whisked until fluffy, served chilled with milk.

🇪🇪Estonia

Curd Snack

Kohuke

Sweet curd bar covered in chocolate, Estonia's most beloved snack in countless flavors from plain to berry.

🇱🇻Latvia

Dark Rye Bread

Rupjmaize

Traditional coarse rye bread baked in hearth ovens with malt and caraway seeds, the staple of the Latvian diet.

🇱🇻Latvia

Fish Soup

Zivju zupa

Traditional fish soup made from various local fish, often with milk added, served with potatoes and herbs.

🇱🇻Latvia

Fresh Curd Cheese

Varškė

Fresh curd/quark; overlaps kodujuust and Latvian biezpiens

🇱🇻Latvia

Gingerbread Cookies

Piparkūkas

Spiced Christmas cookies with cinnamon, ginger, pepper and cloves, a traditional holiday treat.

🇫🇮Finland

Gravlax

Cured Salmon

Dill-cured salmon with salt, sugar, and spices, served with mustard-dill sauce, a Scandinavian classic.

🇱🇻Latvia

Grey Peas with Speck

Pelēkie zirņi ar speķi

National dish of dried grey peas stewed with fried bacon and onions, traditionally eaten at Christmas.

🇱🇻Latvia

Herring in a Coat

Siļķe kažokā

Layered salad with herring, beets, potatoes, carrots and mayonnaise, a festive dish.

🇱🇻Latvia

Honey Cake

Medus kūka

Layered honey cake with creamy filling, popular for celebrations, adopted from Soviet cuisine.

🇪🇪Estonia

Jellied Meat

Sült

Pork meat jelly made from trotters and hocks simmered for hours until gelatinous, a classic holiday appetizer.

🇧🇾Belarus

Kholodets

Холодец

Kholodets is a meat aspic made from pork or beef bones slow-cooked until collagen releases, then chilled until set, clear firm jelly with tender meat pieces, served with horseradish or mustard.

🇱🇻Latvia

Laima Chocolate

Laima šokolāde

Latvia's largest confectionery producer since 1870, named after the Latvian goddess of fate, iconic Serenāde candy.

🇱🇻Vidzeme, Latvia

Lampreys

Nēģi

Jawless fish caught in rivers, grilled over coals and pressed into jelly, Carnikava lamprey has EU PGI status.

🇱🇻Latvia

Latvian Biezpiena Piragi

Sweet cottage cheese pastries/buns.

🇱🇻Latvia

Latvian Pilditi Kaposti

Stuffed cabbage rolls; shared with PL/RU/UA sarma/golubtsy and LT balandeliai