Traditionally, round dairy dishes would be served on Palm Sunday (Pūpolsvētdiena) and Easter (Lieldienas). You could make cottage cheese pancakes, or go up a step and...
Caramel cookies (Riekstiņi)
Riekstiņi (“Little nuts”) is the closest thing to a cookie sandwich you can get in Latvia. It usually is made in the shape of a walnut;...
Jam tea cake (Ievārījuma kēkss)
What do you do with jam that has gone off? Latvians in all their thrifty knowledge will have an answer for this, of course. To be...
Honey on rye bread (Rupjmaize ar medu)
A memory… Thick slice of rye bread, soft butter, and sweet, golden honey… Complemented with a glass of milk…...
Bilberries and milk (Mellenes ar pienu)
Berries and mushrooms… I miss them from Latvia the most. Picking wild strawberries and bilberries in a forest and arranging them on a grass stem, gooseberries,...
Lauku Torte
When you look at a recipe that requires a dozen eggs as a minimum, you know you have hit Latvian cooking gold. The name has it...
Buberts
Buberts may not be uniquely Latvian, but it it is one of the desserts that many remember from their childhood. If the cookbooks and internet can...