Cuisine of Albania

Cuisine of Albania

The cuisine of Albania, as with most Mediterranean and Balkan nations, is strongly influenced by its long history. At different times, the territory of Albania has been occupied by Greece, Italy and the Ottoman Turks, and each group has left its mark on Albanian cuisine.

The main meal of the Albanians is lunch, and it is usually accompanied by a salad of fresh vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, and olives with olive oil, vinegar and salt.

Lunch also includes a main dish of vegetables and meat. Seafood specialties are also common in the coastal areas of Durrës, Vlorë and Sarandë.

Albanian dishes

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Baklava is prepared on large trays and cut into a variety of shapes]

Appetizers

*Chicken livers
*Eggplant appetizers
*Dolma (Stuffed grape leaves with rice)
*Pickled cabbage

alads

*Albanian potato salad
*Albanian tossed salad
*Bean salad
*Cabbage salad
*Tomato and pepper salad

oups

* Bean Jahni soup
* Potato and cabbage soup
* Soup with lemon
* Tarator

Fish

*Oven-baked trout with onions and tomatoes
*Baked fish with olive oil and garlic

Meat

* Baked lamb and yogurt
* [http://www.frosina.org/culturehistory/recipes.asp?id=103 Elli's veal or chicken with walnuts]
* Fërgesë of Tirana with veal
* Fried meatballs (qofte të fërguara)
* Korce kolloface
* Veal with very large lima beans

Vegetables

* Baked leeks
* Fërgesë of Tirana with peppers
* Peppers stuffed with rice, meat and vegetables
* Stuffed aubergines with cheese

Albanian pies

* Burek (Albanian vegetable pie, it can also have feta cheese,cabbage or meat.)

Desserts

The desserts most common in Albania are made throughout the Balkans.
* Halvë
* Hasude
* Llokume or Llukumë in Albanian
* Kadaif
* Muhalebi
* Rovanië
* Tambëloriz/Sultjash
* Panespanjë
* Qumështor
* Bakllava
* Sheqerpare
* Kek
* Shëndetlie (me mjaltë)
* Gurabie
* Krem karamele

oft drinks

Mineral water is one of the most preferred non-alcoholic drinks in Albania, along with carbonated beverages. Some of these are produced locally and some are imported from abroad.
* Carbonated and mineral waters
* Milk
* Various fruit juices and soft drinks
* Albanian buttermilk
* Boza

ee also

* Culture of Albania

External links

* [http://www.thealbanians.com/food/index.htm Albanian Cuisine] (Website in English)
* [http://leno.cabspace.com Kuzhina Shqiptare]
* [http://www.cp-pc.ca/english/albania/eating.html Eating the Albanian way]
* [http://www.pacaraboza.com/eng/boza.html Pacara Boza, Original Albanian Boza]


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