Flavors of Albania
Discover the Flavors of Albania With These Delicious Recipes!
BY: Allie Allen
Copyright 2020 Allie Allen
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Table of Contents
Introduction
Looking to explore the wonderful flavors of Albania? If so, this cookbook is for you! Filled with the most delicious and mouth-watering recipes, this cookbook will teach you how to whip up delicious and flavorful dishes straight from Albania! Using simple ingredients, youll be able to put up beautiful dishes thatll impress your friends and family!
With the help of just one cookbook, youll get a taste of Albanian recipes that come with simple instructions and can be easily doubled or tripled. So, what are you waiting for? Lets get cooking!
Albanian Mixed Vegetables
Vegetable dishes are varied and interesting in Albanian cuisine. They are a refreshing, light accompaniment to meat dishes.
Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 20 mins
Ingredients:
- 2 pounds of your favorite veggies, like potatoes, zucchini, eggplant, peppers, etc.
- 1/2 cup of oil, olive
- 1 cup of onions, chopped
- 1 cup of tomatoes, peeled and chopped
- 1 tbsp. of parsley, chopped, as desired
- Salt, kosher, as desired
- Pepper, ground, as desired
Directions:
Cut off any inedible vegetable tips. Wash the veggies well and cut into 1 squares.
Saut the vegetables in 1/2 of your oil in fry pan. Remove them. Saut tomatoes and onions in remaining oil. Season as desired.
Place all ingredients in stock pot with 1 cup water. Cover. Simmer till the moisture has almost all cooked away. Serve hot.
White Bean Soup
This soup will surprise you with its taste, since its ingredients are so simple.
Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 10 mins
Cook: 3-4 hrs.
Ingredients:
- 1 & 1/2 cups of white beans, dry, washed and picked over, soaked overnight, then rinsed
- 4 cups of water, filtered
- 1 medium onion, chopped
- 1/4 cup of butter, unsalted
- 3 tbsp. of tomato paste, no salt added
- 1/4 cup of chopped parsley, flat leaf
- 1 tbsp. of paprika, sweet
- Salt, sea, as desired
- 1/2 tsp. of chili powder, as desired
Directions:
Add water and pre-soaked beans to large sized pot. Bring to boil. Cook for 8-10 minutes.
Add onion and butter to skillet over med. heat. Cook till they are tender and add then to beans.
Add chili powder, as desired, along with paprika, parsley and tomato paste. Combine well. Lower heat to simmer. Cover. Cook for three to four hours. Add additional water, as needed. Season to taste.
For optimum taste, cover the soup and let it sit in the fridge for one to two days. This particular soup benefits a great deal from the sitting time. Serve.
Fried Meatballs
Meatballs in Albania are generally made with either lamb, beef or chicken. This recipe uses beef. They are often fried, as these are, and the addition of mint at the end gives them a unique taste.
Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 2 hrs.
Cook: 15 mins
Ingredients:
- 1 pound of beef (or other meat), ground
- 1 slice of bread, stale
- 1 grated onion, small
- 2 tbsp. of chopped cheese, feta
- 2 tbsp. of breadcrumbs
- 2 tbsp. of butter, melted or oil
- 1 tbsp. of parsley, chopped
- 1 cup of flour, all-purpose
- 1 cup of oil, olive
- As desired:
- Salt, kosher
- Pepper, ground
- Oregano
- Mint
Directions:
Soak stale bread in filtered water. Drain by squeezing hard.
Add the ground beef, mint, salt, pepper, parsley, onion, butter or oil and breadcrumbs to large bowl.
Mix well. Form into patties of 1 thickness. Season as desired. Roll patties in flour. Fry them in hot oil. Serve with mashed potatoes or French Fries.
Albanian Sausages
Cevapcici, or Albanian sausages, are tasty homemade Balkan meats that do vary from one area to another. The main ingredients are the same, and some add onion and spices, while others do not.
Makes: 4 servings
Prep: 1 hr. 10 mins
Cook: 20 mins
Ingredients:
- 1 & 1/3 lbs. of young beef, ground
- Salt, kosher
- Pepper, ground, black
- Several leaves of rosemary
- 3 & 1/3 fluid ounces of oil, olive
Directions:
Chop or grind ingredients finely.
Work ingredients into mixture with meat.
Chill for 1-2 hours in fridge.
Form into link-shaped sausages. Turn while grilling them and brush with oil. Serve with onions.
Baked Lamb and Rice
Here we have come to Albanias national dish. It doesnt sound like anything spectacular, just looking at the ingredients, but it is very tasty, and the same type of dish as the favorite Middle-Eastern moussaka.
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