Pasticho, an Albanian Recipe!
Make and share this Pasticho, an Albanian Recipe! recipe from Food.com.
Gjelle Me Zarzavata (Albanian Casserole)
Adapted from The Complete Round the World Meat Cookbook. I think you could probably omit pouring the oil over the top, unless it looks terribly dry.
Albanian Spinach Pie (Byrek Me Spinaq or Pite)
Albanians love savory pies and I do too. They make theirs with filo dough. Any combination of greens can be used in this recipe. You can even add other vegetables as well, such as mushrooms. If the additional vegetables used will be watery, towards the end of baking you might want to cut steam vents in the filo dough. Albanians eat this pie hot accompanied by buttermilk or beaten yogurt thinned down with cold water, or with chilled stewed prunes.
Albanian Cornbread – Pite
Courtesy of globaltableadventures.com, as adapted from “Home Cooking Around the World” by David Ricketts and Mark Thomas. This bread is a great accompaniment to stews. It is excellent warm, but can dry out, so try to use up promptly or store well-wrapped.
Albanian Walnut Cake With Lemon Glaze
I have not tried this cake yet. It is supposed to be moist and rich, but not overly sweet. I’m posting this for the Zaar World Tour. It’s from a Moosewood cookbook.
