Grey Peas & Bacon Recipe | Latvian Recipes | Серый горох с беконом
Oct 27, 2026
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This is one of the most traditional Latvian dishes popular for the cold season. Grey peas with bacon (Pelēkie zirņi ar speķīti). It has a guaranteed place on the Christmas and New Years table.
In my family we always had to eat all the peas off the table in order not to have tiers the next year. By this tradition not a single pea shall be left on the table! I hope you enjoy simple yet very delicious meal. It goes well as a side dish or main meal!
Hi guys, welcome to my kitchen, Latvian.
Today I'm making a traditional Latvian recipe.
It's grey peas with bacon lardons.
It's really, really delicious. We usually have it as a
side dish or as a main course and it goes together so well.
But you can also replace
grey peas with some beans. Let's get started.
We're going to need one cup of grey peas,
one onion, fresh parsley, salt and pepper
and one cup of lardons or bacon.
piece into your pan
and we're going to cook them until they're nice and tender.
Add a little bit of butter into your pan,
add your onion, add your smoked bacon
lardons and we're gonna cook this for about five
to ten minutes until it's all
nice and cooked. My grey peas are done,
look at that beautiful colour. Drain your peas.
Fill your clay pots
with your grey peas and add
your bacon with a sauce just on
top.

