Appetizers
- Bread (Bukë) or Corn Bread (Bukë misri) are ever present on the Albanian table. Hence the expression for "Going to eat a meal" (Albanian:për të ngrënë bukë) can be literally translated as Going to eat bread.
- Chicken livers
- Eggplant appetizers
- Dolma (Stuffed pepper with rice and meat)
- Pickled cabbage (Turshi lakre)
- Fried sardines with lemon (Sarraga me Limon)
- Albanian-style meze platters that include prosciutto ham, salami and brined cheese, accompanied with roasted bell peppers (capsicum) and/or green olives marinated in olive oil with garlic, and hummus.
- Papare: bread leftovers cooked with water, egg, and Gjize (a special type of Ricotta)
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