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Žemaitian pancakes, filled apple cakes

Žemaičių blynai, stuffed potato pancakes

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Samogitian Galettes: Baked potato and egg-based dough, filled with spiced ground pork, fried in a pan, and served with a sour cream sauce.

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Recipe from Matasg, Homo ergaster, Sirex and 4 other contributors, adapted by Recette de cuisine · · updated on

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Žemaitija bread is a Lithuanian specialty made with rye flour and meat. This bread is typically served hot and accompanied by cheese.

Ingredients and directions

  • Prep time30 min
  • Cook time20 min
  • Resting10 min
  • Total1 hr
  • DifficultyMedium
  • CostModerate
  • Cooking methodfrying pan
  • Estimated cost$5.76 $2.88 / serving Estimated price; varies by store. Converted from euros at the ECB rate of October 15, 2026.

Ingredients

2 people
  • $4.25
  • $0.32
  • $0.40
  • $0.64
  • $0.08
  • $0.06
  • $0.01

Prices from US supermarkets for 4 of 7 ingredients; Belgian prices for the rest.

Directions

  1. Mix the ground pork with the spices and cook it in a frying pan.
  2. Peel the apples and cook them in water (or in a vegetable broth, which is even better).
  3. Cut them up finely, add the egg and salt, and mix in enough flour to form a firm dough. ≈ 4 min
  4. Shape the pancakes into elongated forms, fill them with the filling, close them up, and then fry them in a pan with oil until golden brown.
  5. Briefly heat the sour cream with the butter until it melts, then season lightly with salt.
  6. Serve the pancakes very hot with this sauce. ≈ 2 min

The bill

Žemaičių blynai, stuffed potato pancakes

  • 2 kg of ground apples$4.25
  • 1 cup of flour (a little more if needed)$0.32
  • 1 egg$0.40
  • Ground pork for the filling$0.64
  • oil for cooking$0.08
  • 1 tablespoon of butter or margarine$0.06
  • salt$0.01

Total$5.76

that's $2.88 per person

Estimated price; varies by store.

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Before you start

Ingredients

  • 2 kg of ground apples
  • 1 cup of flour (a little more if needed)
  • 1 egg
  • Ground pork for the filling
  • A selection of spices for the filling
  • oil for cooking
  • 2 tablespoons of sour cream
  • 1 tablespoon of butter or margarine
  • salt

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