~796 cal · 42g protein · 58g carbs · 44g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Dark rye bread with curd cheese and honey
🇱🇹 Vilnius
Dark, dense, sourdough rye bread — ruginė duona — is sacred in Lithuania, treated with near-reverence. For breakfast it is sliced and spread with fresh curd cheese (varškė) and a drizzle of honey, eaten with a cold glass of tangy kefir — simple, sour-sweet, and deeply traditional.
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Ingredients
Serves 2 —
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4 slices dark rye bread
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1 cup fresh curd cheese (varškė)
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2 tbsp honey
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2 cups kefir, to serve
Instructions
1
Slice the rye bread.
2
Spread each slice with the fresh curd cheese (or tofu).
3
Drizzle each with a little honey.
4
Pour cold kefir into glasses.
5
Serve the bread with the kefir alongside.
Vilnius tradition.
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Vilnius. Baltic summers served cold, pink, and dill-covered.
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Lithuania. Baltic summers announced by a shocking pink soup.
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Europe. Village recipes guarded for generations.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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