Maizes zupa (sweet rye bread soup) is a signature dish of Latvia; we have verified places to eat it in Riga. A sweet dessert soup made from stale Latvian dark rye bread, water, dried fruit and cinnamon, topped with whipped cream; a unique Latvian use of rye scraps. Start with where to eat Maizes zupa (sweet rye bread soup) in Riga.
Maizes zupa (sweet rye bread soup) · Riga
A sweet dessert soup made from stale Latvian dark rye bread, water, dried fruit and cinnamon, topped with whipped cream; a unique Latvian use of rye scraps.
Maizes zupa evolved as a Latvian peasant way to use stale rupjmaize that would otherwise go to waste. The bread is soaked, sweetened with honey or sugar, and cooked with dried apples, raisins and cinnamon into a thick, dark pudding-soup served as dessert. The dish is unusual internationally because it transforms a savoury staple into something sweet. Pētergailis and other traditional Latvian rooms serve it as a dessert course; LIDO stocks it on the buffet line.
Where to eat in Riga:
- Pētergailis
- LIDO Atpūtas Centrs
- LIDO Vērmanītis
- Milda
Where to eat Maizes zupa (sweet rye bread soup) in Riga: the editor picks