Food of Kosovo
Kosovar cooking draws on Balkan, Ottoman and Mediterranean tastes: layered pies, grilled meats, dairy, peppers and beans. Bread is central, and family meals include fresh vegetables, cheese and salads. Flija, a layered cooked pie, is a highlight of celebrations.
Flija
Layers of thin batter baked under a metal lid and brushed with cream, served with yogurt.
- Main dishes (9)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (3)
- Soups (3)
- Salads (3)
- Breads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (5)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (5)
Staples
- bread
- dairy
- peppers
- beans
- lamb
- beef
- cheese
- flour
Signature flavors
- paprika
- garlic
- parsley
- mint
- black pepper
- oregano
Main dishes
Layers of thin batter baked under a metal lid and brushed with cream, served with yogurt.
Key ingredients: flour, cream, yogurt, butter
Baked lamb or chicken with a yogurt and egg topping.
Key ingredients: lamb, yogurt, eggs, riceFlaky pie with spinach, leek or cheese.
Key ingredients: phyllo, spinach, cheese
Meat or cheese filled pastry.
Key ingredients: phyllo, meat, cheeseFull guide →
Grilled finger sausages, served in bread.
Key ingredients: beef, onionFull guide →Cabbage rolls.
Key ingredients: cabbage, rice, minceFull guide →White bean stew.
Key ingredients: white beans, onion, paprikaCured, dried meat.
Key ingredients: beef or lamb, spices
Grape leaves filled with rice.
Key ingredients: grape leaves, riceBreakfast
Eggs fried with cheese.
Key ingredients: eggs, cheese
Fermented grain porridge.
Key ingredients: trahana, butterYogurt with bread.
Key ingredients: yogurt, breadStreet food
Grilled sausages in flatbread.
Key ingredients: beef, breadFull guide →Pie by the slice.
Key ingredients: phyllo, cheeseFull guide →
Grilled meat skewers served in bread.
Key ingredients: meat, breadSoups
Vegetable soup.
Key ingredients: vegetablesSoup of fermented grains.
Key ingredients: trahana, broth
Hearty soup.
Key ingredients: beans, paprikaSalads
Mixed tomato, cucumber and onion salad.
Key ingredients: tomato, cucumber, onion
Roasted pepper relish.
Key ingredients: peppersFull guide →
Peppers with garlic.
Key ingredients: peppers, garlic, oilBreads
Cornbread.
Key ingredients: cornmeal
Savory bread.
Key ingredients: flour, cheeseDesserts and sweets
Syrup pastry.
Key ingredients: phyllo, nutsFull guide →Walnut cake in syrup.
Key ingredients: walnuts, flour, syrup
Milk-soaked cake.
Key ingredients: sponge, milkFull guide →
Semolina cake.
Key ingredients: semolina, syrup
Rice pudding.
Key ingredients: rice, milkDrinks
Boiled coffee.
Key ingredients: coffeeFull guide →
Millet drink.
Key ingredients: millet
Yogurt drink.
Key ingredients: yogurtFull guide →
Herbal tea.
Key ingredients: herbsFruits and produce
Roasted peppers.
Key ingredients: ajvar
Jam.
Key ingredients: jam
Baking.
Key ingredients: baking
In desserts.
Key ingredients: desserts
Table grapes.
Key ingredients: freshDish guides from Kosovo
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
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- Tavë kosi: MirelaAndoni, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Burek trokut 1: Unknown, CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cevapi s kajmakom: Christian Paul from Vancouver, Canada, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Speca te mbushura me mish: Violetamyftari, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Two kinds of tarhana: Badseed, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ελληνικό Σουβλάκι - panoramio: EntaXoyas, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fasolada: Miansari66, CC0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ajvar1 bright: Off-shell, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Capsicum Annum Flower: Chaitanya B D, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Turkish pogachas: E4024, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baklava(1): Sakaman, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pastel de Tres Leches: @joefoodie, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Basboosa: stu_spivack, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mhallabiyyeh (Arabic milk pudding): Jktab, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Türk Kahvesi - Bakir Cezve: Eaeeae, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Boza: FoPen, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Fresh ayran: Mavigogun, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Sideritis montana Sturm23: Johann Georg Sturm (Painter: Jacob Sturm), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Plums African Rose - whole, halved and slice: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- 95apple: Agricultural Research Service (Research agent of United States Department of Agriculture), Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Walnuts - whole and open with halved kernel: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grapes, Rostov-on-Don, Russia: Vyacheslav Argenberg, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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