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Kugelis (Lithuanian Potato Pudding)

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Lithuania's favourite potato bake: finely grated potatoes and onion mixed with smoky bacon, eggs and milk, baked into a slab with a crisp golden crust. Cut into squares and serve hot with plenty of sour cream. Adapted from “Kugelis (Lithuanian Baked Potato Pudding)” in the Wikibooks Cookbook (CC BY-SA 4.0). Scaled from a 9×13-inch tray to about two thirds (6 servings), with the bacon diced instead of crumbled; added a 10-minute rest and the optional marjoram the source mentions in its introduction. Photo: Eden, Janine and Jim, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons (“Kugelis 2012”).

2 h 22 min42 min hands-onServes 6Easy
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6 servings
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Method9 steps

  1. Heat the oven to 175 °C and grease a baking dish of about 23 × 23 cm (or 20 × 30 cm).

    2 min

  2. Fry the bacon300 g until crisp and keep its fat.

    10 min Can start right away

  3. Melt the butter75 g. Beat the eggs4 in a bowl and stir in the evaporated milk240 ml, melted butter, salt2½ tsp, pepper¾ tsp and marjoram1 tsp.

    4 min Can start right away

  4. Peel the potatoes1.5 kg and onion1 and grate them finely (or use a food processor) into a large bowl, adding a little onion every few potatoes; it helps keep them from turning grey. Don't drain off the liquid.

    20 min After step 1

  5. Working quickly, stir the bacon and about 4 tbsp of its fat into the potatoes, then the egg mixture. Mix well.

    3 min After steps 2, 3 & 4

  6. Pour into the dish and smooth the top.

    1 min

  7. Bake for about 90 minutes, until deep golden and crisp on top and set in the middle.

    Hands-off

  8. Let it rest for 10 minutes so it slices cleanly.

    Hands-off

  9. Cut into squares and serve with sour cream, or applesauce if you like. Leftovers are best sliced thin and fried in butter.

    2 min
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2 h 22 min total · 42 min hands-on

  1. 1
    Heat the oven to 175…
  2. 4
    Peel the potatoes and onion…
  3. 2
    Fry the bacon
  4. 3
    Melt the butter
  5. 5
    Working quickly, stir the bacon…
  6. 6
    Pour into the dish…
  7. 7
    Bake for
  8. 8
    Let it rest
  9. 9
    Cut into squares and serve…
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By @soucrunch · Published

Lithuanian · gluten-free · dinner · lunch

Source: en.wikibooks.org

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