
Albanian Stuffed Peppers with Meat and Rice
Peppers filled with beef, rice and mint, baked slowly in tomato broth. Best with cold yogurt.
Discover traditional Albanian recipes including byrek, tavë kosi, qofte, fërgesë, stuffed peppers and more.
Albanian cooking sits where the Balkans meet the Mediterranean: olive oil and butter, yogurt and white cheese, peppers, garden herbs and slow-baked clay-pot dishes. These are the recipes that fill the sofra — the family table — from Tirana to the villages of the south.
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Peppers filled with beef, rice and mint, baked slowly in tomato broth. Best with cold yogurt.

Roasted peppers, tomatoes and creamy cheese baked until bubbling. Scoop it up with warm bread.

Juicy, crisp-edged meatballs with mint and feta. Great with yogurt, salad and fries.

Tender lamb under a puffed, golden yogurt custard — Albania's much-loved national dish.

Buttery, flaky layers around a spinach, feta and gjizë filling — the classic Albanian savory pie.