Local Dishes

1. byrek

   Layered thin-pastry pie with a filling

2. lakror

   Thin-crust pie (the south-eastern name for byrek)

3. pite

   Round flat baked dough topped with minced meat or cheese

4. flia

   Layered pancake-like pie baked one layer at a time

5. tavë kosi

   Meat and rice baked under a yoghurt sauce

6. fërgesë

   Curd cheese or liver fried with peppers and tomato

7. qofte

   Flattened patties of minced meat, grilled or fried

8. qebap

   Meat cut small and grilled on a thin skewer

9. japrak

   Rice and minced meat wrapped in vine or cabbage leaves

10. paçe

    Breakfast stew of cattle trotters and marrow

11. tarator

    Cold starter of yoghurt with cucumber and garlic

12. trahana

    Cracked wheat, and the soup made from it

13. groshë

    Beans, and the bean stew made from them

14. koran

    A freshwater trout with red spots (the Lake Ohrid fish)

15. turshi

    Pickled vegetables

16. gjizë

    Soft curd cheese made from milk or whey

17. përshesh

    Torn bread soaked in broth or in milk

18. petulla

    Fried dough, eaten with sugar or honey

19. qumështor

    Baked custard of milk, egg, starch and sugar

20. revani

    Cake baked and then soaked in syrup

21. sheqerpare

    Baked biscuit soaked in syrup

22. kabuni

    Sweet rice cooked in broth with raisins and almonds

23. hallvë

    Dense sweet of flour or semolina cooked in butter

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