Rasols & ASpic
APRIL 2026
Stars of the Cold table
Rasols and galerts, two “stars” of the Latvian cold table, are traditional Latvian dishes that are still prepared and eaten outside Latvia. These two dishes often spark questions and even debates! It turns out that rasols (or rosols) outside Latvia is often a completely different color than it is in Latvia—and sometimes, abroad, the special texture of galerts and its unusual ingredients are misunderstood.
Video in Latvian with English subtitles.
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The book "R*SOLS", by Sarmīte Kolāte and Elīna Kursīte, was launched in Riga in 2014. This informative publication examines rasols from many perspectives. In this interview Elīna Kursīte talks about how the book was created, what ingredients can be put into rasols, and also answers the most important question: rAsols or rOsols?