Traditional dishes of Latgale: how to cook gulbishniki

Gulbishniki, which are also popularly called bulbishniki, are traditionally stuffed with stewed cabbage, but the hostess can also choose something else for the filling, for example, in the autumn season, a great filling will be fried mushrooms along with onions.

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Ingredients:

• Potatoes
• sauerkraut
• Flour
• Butter

Preparation:

1. Wash the potatoes well, boil them, cool them a little, peel them and mash them with a pestle until the mixture is malleable.
2. Put the mass on the table, sprinkle with a little flour and roll out.
3. The rolled mass is divided into pieces, stewed sauerkraut is placed inside, forming scones, placed in a baking dish and fried in the oven until lightly browned.
4. You can also spread with butter.

This and many other recipes for the preparation of typical dishes of Latgale can be found in the publication “Latgales Cookbook. Traditional recipes from the region of Latgale and the district of Krāslava”.

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