LITHUANIAN RECIPES FOR CHRISTMAS EVE

POTATO PANCAKES

(BULVINIAI BLYNAI)

7 - 8  potatoes 2 eggs 3 tbsps..flour 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. baking powder      ¼ onion

Peel and grate potatoes.  Mix  in other ingredients.  Melt fat or heat 1 tbsp. Cooking oil in frying pan.  Drop spoonfuls of mixture into hot fat.  Fry till golden brown.  Serve with sour cream.

LITTLE EARS

(AUSUKES)

5 egg yolks ½ cup sugar 5 tbsps. sweet cream 1 jigger rum or brandy      flour

Cream yolks and sugar.  Add cream and rum.  Add enough flour to make stiff dough.  Roll thin on floured board.  Cut in diamond shapes.  Slit middle, and pull one end of diamond through hole.  Fry in deep hot fat till light brown.  Drain on paper towels.  Sprinkle with powdered sugar.

CHRISTMAS EVE BISCUITS

(PRESKUCIAI SLIZIKAI)

1 cup milk 1 ounce yeast 1 tbsp. sugar ½ tsp. salt 1-1/2 cups all purpose flour

Cream yeast with sugar.  Add warm milk and salt.  Sift in flour.  Stir thoroughly.  Put in warm spot to rise a little.  If necessary, add more flour to roll.  Roll with rolling pin on floured board.  Cut into finger-width strips, then into bits of  ½ inch or less.  Bake in 350 degree oven till edges are light brown.  Serve with:

POPPY SEED MILK

(AGUONU PIENAS)

½ lb. Poppy seeds 2 cups boiling water 10 almonds 2 cups milk

Pound the seeds fine.  Cover with boiling water.  Blanch, peel and chop almonds, stir into seeds.  Add sugar to taste, and when cool, pour into the milk.  Pour over Christmas Eve biscuits just before serving.

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