{"id":1849,"slug":"kugelis-lithuanian-baked-potato-pudding","title":"Kugelis (Lithuanian Baked Potato Pudding)","description":"Kugelis, also called bulvių plokštainis (literally \"flat potato dish\") or banda, is a Lithuanian baked potato pudding. Its main ingredients are potatoes, bacon, milk, onions, and eggs. It may be spiced with salt, black pepper, bay leaves, and/or marjoram. It is usually eaten with sour cream and/or crumbled fried fat white bacon (spirgai).","ingredients_raw":["5 lb potatoes, peeled and grated (or ground with a food processor)","2 medium onions, grated","1 lb bacon, fried and crumbled (reserve about ¼ cup drippings)","1 stick (8 tbsp) butter, melted","6 eggs","1 large can evaporated milk","4 tsp salt","Pepper to taste (about 1 tsp)"],"ingredients_norm":["potato","onion","bacon fried and crumbled","butter","egg","evaporated milk","salt","pepper"],"steps":["Combine the grated potatoes and onions.","Fry and crumble bacon. Add to the potato mixture along with ¼ cup bacon fat. Mix well.","Beat the eggs, and stir in the evaporated milk, melted butter, salt, and pepper.","Mix the egg mixture into the potato mixture.","Pour into a well-greased 9x13-inch cake pan—it should just barely fit.","Bake at 350°F (175°C) for 90 minutes.","Slice into squares, and top with sour cream or applesauce."],"categories":["Potato recipes","Lithuanian recipes","Recipes using potato","Recipes using bacon","Recipes using egg","Baked recipes","Side dish recipes","Recipes for pudding","Recipes using butter","Recipes using evaporated milk"],"prep_time_minutes":null,"cook_time_minutes":null,"total_time_minutes":null,"servings":null,"yield_text":null,"difficulty":"easy","source_name":"wikibooks","source_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Cookbook:Kugelis_(Lithuanian_Baked_Potato_Pudding)","source_ref":"4517930","authors_url":"https://en.wikibooks.org/w/index.php?title=Cookbook:Kugelis_(Lithuanian_Baked_Potato_Pudding)&action=history","license":"CC BY-SA 4.0","license_url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/","extraction_confidence":null,"content_hash":"06ad33cdbf2ec299d2cebe3f7627b27513c91c027931dabded5d7e5d639a17ec","created_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:06Z","updated_at":"2026-08-02T14:43:06Z","notice":null,"url":"https://recipecontextprotocol.com/recipes/kugelis-lithuanian-baked-potato-pudding"}