Recipes

Comfort Food, the Albanian Way ​ Stuffed eggplants are one of those dishes every Albanian family makes their own way. Tender eggplant halves filled with a savoury mix of ground meat, ripe tomatoes and sweet onions, baked until golden and bubbling. Simple ingredients, honest cooking, pure comfort. ​ Ingredients ​ Serves 4 ​ Medium eggplants — 4 Ground beef (or beef and pork mix) — 300g Onions, finely diced — 2 medium Tomatoes, diced — 3 medium (or 400g canned) Garlic, minced —

The Simplest Cheese, The Purest Ingredients ​ ​ Gjizë is Albanian cottage cheese, made the simplest way imaginable — by slowly heating yogurt until it separates into soft white curds and whey. No rennet, no cultures, no special equipment. Just yogurt and patience. ​ Ingredients ​ Makes ~400–500g ​ Whole plain yogurt full fat — 2 litres Salt — 1 tsp ​ Method ​ Pour yogurt into a heavy pot. Heat slowly over medium-low heat, stirring occasionally. Yogurt will begin to separate —

​ Pispili is pure Albanian countryside cooking — a golden cornmeal bake filled with leeks, spring onions and white cheese. Made with only corn flour, no wheat at all, it's naturally gluten-free and has been a village staple for generations. ​ Ingredients ​ Serves 6–8 · Only corn flour — no wheat ​ Fine corn flour — 400g Salt — 1 tsp Baking powder — 1 tsp Eggs — 2 Olive Oil — 80ml Yoghurt — ~400g Leeks finely sliced — 200g Spring onions chopped — 2 bunches White cheese crumbl

Thank you for spending the evening with us. Albanian food is more than recipes — it's how we welcome people into our homes. I hope tonight gave you a taste of that warmth, and that these recipes bring a little piece of Albania into your kitchen, wherever you are. ​ Byrek — Handmade Albanian Savoury Pie ​ Byrek is the heart of Albanian cooking. Every family has their own version — some with spinach, some with meat, some with tomatoes. What stays the same is the ritual: stretch