Kugelis (potato casserole)

Kugelis is a Lithuanian potato dish, very satisfying and tasty.

Ingredients

• Potatoes - 1 kg
• Bacon (lard) - 150 g
• Bulb onions - 1 pc.
• Milk - 0.5 cups
• Chicken egg - 2 pcs.
• Hard cheese (grated) - 4-5 tbsp. spoons
• Vegetable oil - if necessary
• Salt to taste
• Ground black pepper - to taste

Directions

1. Prepare the necessary ingredients for the potato casserole.
2. The potatoes need to be peeled and washed.
3. Chop the bacon or bacon and fry with the onion until crackling. If the bacon is dry, add some vegetable oil to make it easier to fry.
4. Grate potatoes, squeeze out water.
5. Add hot milk, so lightly boil the potatoes.
6. Beat eggs in a bowl.
7. Add eggs to potatoes, stir.
8. Then add the fried cracklings with onions, mix thoroughly.
9. Add the grated cheese last, mix the potato mass thoroughly again. Salting the kugelis or not depends on the amount of salt in the cracklings, but you need to pepper it.
10. Put the future kugelis in a baking dish and cook in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for 60-80 minutes (depending on the type of potato).
11. Serve potato casserole (kugelis) with fresh herbs and vegetables.