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🇦🇱 Traditional dishes from Albania

3 dishes people actually cook in Albania: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Byrek

60 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Byrek, a traditional dish from Albania

Delicious flaky pastry filled with savory goodness!

  • 500 g phyllo dough
  • 300 g spinach
  • 200 g feta cheese
  • 1 onion
  • 50 ml olive oil
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 egg

Fergese

45 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Fergese, a traditional dish from Albania

Savor the rich flavors of this traditional Albanian dish!

  • 4 bell peppers
  • 2 onions
  • 400 g tomatoes
  • 200 g feta cheese
  • 3 tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 parsley

Tave kosi

90 min · medium · 8 ingredients

Tave kosi, a traditional dish from Albania

Savor the rich flavors of this traditional Albanian dish.

  • 600 g lamb
  • 400 ml yogurt
  • 200 g rice
  • 3 eggs
  • 1 onion
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 2 tbsp oil

What do people eat in Albania?

The three dishes from Albania documented in Copper are Byrek, Fergese and Tave kosi. Onion and egg each appear in more than one recipe. All three are baked. All three need an oven. Between them they use 16 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Albania?

The three recipes need 16 ingredients between them, of which 4 are shared by more than one dish. Feta cheese is the hardest to find: of the 588 dishes in Copper's atlas, 7 use feta cheese. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Albania take?

Fergese is the quickest at 45 minutes. Tave kosi is the longest at 90 minutes. The median is 60 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Albania is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Albania here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Fergese is the shortest way in.

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