How to pronounce Kastinys

In the International Phonetic Alphabet it is /kɐsʲtʲɪˈnʲiːs/. In plain English letters that is kahs-tih-NEES, with the stress on the syllable in capitals. There is no recording by a native speaker yet, so use the spelling and the IPA.

What is Kastinys?

Kastinys is a snack of Lithuania. Where it comes from: Samogitia. People usually eat it as a snack. Its main ingredients are dairy & cheese. It tastes rich and sour.

Where Kastinys comes from

Kastinys is one of 13 signature dishes of Lithuania on this map.

• Samogitian pancakes žemaičių blynai · Main dish · Samogitia

  Žemaičių blynai, Samogitian pancakes, are potato pancakes named after Samogitia (Žemaitija), the western region of Lithuania.

• Cepelinai · Main dish · All Lithuania

  Cepelinai are large oval dumplings of grated raw and boiled potato, filled with minced pork or with dry curd cheese, and served with a sauce of sour cream, fried onions and bacon bits.

• Šaltibarščiai · Soup & stew · Vilnius

  Šaltibarščiai is a cold soup of kefir or sour milk coloured bright pink by grated cooked or pickled beetroot, with cucumber, dill, green onions and chopped hard-boiled egg.

• Kibinai · Bread & pastry · Trakai

  Kibinai are crescent-shaped pastries filled with chopped mutton or beef and onion, sealed with a crimped edge and baked.

• Daujėnai homemade bread Daujėnų naminė duona · Bread & pastry · Daujėnai, Pasvalys district (Aukštaitija)

  Daujėnų naminė duona, Daujėnai homemade bread, is a Lithuanian black rye bread baked to an old recipe.

• Šimtalapis · Dessert · Alytus region (Dzūkija)

  Šimtalapis, whose name means "a hundred leaves", is a traditional Tatar pastry made in Lithuania and often baked for traditional festivals.

Food of Lithuania

Dishes like Kastinys in other countries

Same type of dish and similar main ingredients as Kastinys:

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• Staka στάκα · Snack · Crete, Greece

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• Havarti · Snack · North Zealand (Holte), Denmark

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• Bryndza podhalańska · Snack · Podhale (Lesser Poland), Poland

  Bryndza podhalańska is the soft sheep's milk cheese of Podhale, the highland region at the foot of the Tatra Mountains.