cepelinai
Sign in to saveCepelinai ( "zeppelins"; singular: cepelinas) are potato dumplings made from grated potatoes and stuffed with ground meat, dry curd cheese, liver, or mushrooms. It has been described as a national dish of Lithuania, and is typically served as a main dish.
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It is catalogued under topics including Lithuanian cuisine, National dishes and Polish cuisine.
Its subject is documented across 31 Wikipedia language editions.
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- Cepelinai served with sour cream sauce and bacon bits
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- Lithuania
- Food.type
- Dumpling
- Food.main_ingredient
- Potatoes, ground meat or dry cottage cheese (curd) or mushrooms
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Cepelinai ( "zeppelins"; singular: cepelinas) are potato dumplings made from grated potatoes and stuffed with ground meat, dry curd cheese, liver, or mushrooms. It has been described as a national dish of Lithuania, and is typically served as a main dish.
Originally called didžkukuliai, or dumb-bells, they were renamed modishly in honour of Count Ferdinand von Zeppelin, pioneer of the rigid airship, in 1900. The cepelinai shape resembles a Zeppelin airship. Cepelinai are typically around 10–30 cm long, although the size depends on where they are made: in the western counties of Lithuania cepelinai are made bigger than in the east. In Samogitia cepelinai are called cepelinā.
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