Here are five products you should definitely try while in Riga:
| 1 | Pickles, including sauerkraut (sour, sweet-sour, sweet, with turmeric and with beets), lightly salted, pickled and marinated cucumbers, marinated and pickled mushrooms, marinated and pickled tomatoes, pickled apples … What could be more delicious?! Anyone will be delighted by the abundance of these beautiful garnishes for any dish! Be sure to taste and enjoy these goodies! |
| 2 | Lamprey is a true fish delicacy! If you were in Riga, but didn’t stop by at the market to buy lamprey, you may as well say that you haven’t been to Riga! Lamprey is delicious when cooked in all kinds of styles: hot-smoked, cold-smoked and marinated. It is one of gourmet treats for valued guests. |
| 3 | Honey is part of Latvian tradition and culture. The Central Market offers the most delicious and healthy honey – floral, lime and mixed varieties… Honey is an indispensable remedy for colds and cough, and it is also a powerful immune system booster. On top of that, honey can be used to make delicious confectioneries. |
| 4 | Traditional rye bread (loaves can weigh up to 8 kilos!) is not just bread, but an incredible treat! Everyone who has ever lived in Latvia always asks their family and friends who visit Riga to drop into the market and bring them a nice loaf of the famous Riga rye bread. |
| 5 | Traditional Latvian homemade cheese with caraway seeds, berries, herbs and other condiments has become one of the gastronomic calling cards of Latvia. Latvians always prepare homemade caraway cheese for their main summer holiday – Midsummer celebrations (Līgo and Jāņi). The Central Market, however, offers this special cheese not only in June, but throughout the year. The cheese is made of fresh milk, soured milk, cottage cheese, sour cream, caraway seeds and various seasonings. |
| 6 | Smoked meat and fatback are also known as deli meats. When shopping at the Central Market, you will find an abundance of meat, including smoked meat, which is a kind of “royal” dish for meat gourmets. Why smoked meat is so good? Well, first of all, it is very tasty. Secondly, it can be stored for a long time. When the meat is cured with smoke formed during the combustion of specially selected wood, it accumulates preservatives, which make it harden a bit, appear more palatable and acquire a wonderful taste and appetizing – smoky – savour. |
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