For all...this is another recipe to add to Carlo3b's pierogi yummies...got it in my FReepmail from redgirlinabluestate! Thanks!
Here is the recipe nothometodya was looking for.... I laready emailed it to her/him. Looks like A LOT of work though. Happy New Year! ( BTW my mom makes them every OTHER year. )
http://ausis.gf.vu.lt/eka/food/potatoes.html-----under potatoes
ZEPPELINS
Didzkukuliai (cepelinai)
1 k (2 lbs) raw potatoes, peeled and grated
4 cooked potatoes
salt to taste
Put raw potato gratings in a double cheese cloth and squeeze dry. Save the potato liquid, let potato starch settle at the bottom, decant potato liquid and mix starch with dry potato gratings. Rice boiled potatoes and add to raw grated potatoes, salt and blend well. Take about 1/2 cup of potato mixture and flatten, making a round form. Place a spoonful of filling in the center of the round, fold over, seal seam, make an oblong shape. Put zeppelins into boiling water and cook for about 30 minutes, stirring gently.
Zeppelins are a rather recent Lithuanian tradition. They were begun in the middle of the twentieth century but their fame spread all throughout the country. Zeppelins are very filling and for this reason they are eaten during days of hard work, especially during harvest time. The variety of fillings used makes zeppelins adaptable to different times of the year.
FILLINGS FOR ZEPPELINS:
BEEF OR PORK FILLING
300 g (9 oz) ground meat, pork or beef, or a mixture of both
1 onion, finely chopped
1 teaspoon marjoram
Pork is the traditional meat filling for zeppelins, rather fat, cut from the shoulder. A mixture of pork and fat is also used.
Fry onion and add to ground meat. Season with salt, pepper and marjoram. Blend well. Meat filled zeppelins are served with fried bacon bits or with melted butter and sour cream.
SMOKED HAM FILLING
300 g (9 oz) smoked ham
1 onion, finely chopped
1 egg, beaten
pepper to taste
Soak ham, then place in hot water and boil until done. Cut cooked ham into fine pieces, add onion, egg and pepper. Mix well.
Ham filled zeppelins are served with melted butter and sour cream.
COTTAGE CHEESE FILLING
300 g (9 oz) dry cottage cheese
1 egg, beaten
1 tablespoon sour cream
30 g (1 oz) bacon, finely chopped and fried
30 g (1 oz) butter
1/2 teaspoon French tarragon or peppermint
salt to taste
Blend cottage cheese with fried bacon, add butter, sour cream, egg, salt and herbs. Mix well.
Cottage cheese OzeppelinsÕ are eaten with melted butter, sour cream or fried bacon bits.
MUSHROOM FILLING
50 g (2 oz) dried mushrooms
2 onions, finely chopped
100 g (3 oz) bacon
1 egg, beaten
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
salt and pepper to taste
Soak dried mushrooms and cook in soaking water. Then process mushrooms and bacon together in food processor or use a grinder. Add fried onions, egg, bread crumbs and seasonings. Blend well.
Mushroom filled OzeppelinsÕ are served with fried bacon or sour cream.
In Dzškija, the south eastern region of country, the cooks make the following sauce: fry chopped onion in butter, add 1 tablespoon flour and enough mushroom soaking liquid, season to taste with pepper and bring to a boil, heat until sauce thickens.
HERRING FILLING
2 herring fillets
1 egg, beaten
1 onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons bread crumbs
pepper to taste
Process herring fillets in food processor, or use grinder. Season with pepper, add fried onion and beaten egg. Mix well to blend flavors.
Serve with sour cream.