Ballokume: Ballokume, a type of sweet biscuit or big cookie made of corn meal, eggs and butter. Traditional dish of Elbasan, Albania
Ballokume: Ballokume, a type of sweet biscuit or big cookie made of corn meal, eggs and butter. Traditional dish of Elbasan, AlbaniaEsmeralda Ko (https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Esmeralda_Ko&action=edit&redlink=1) — Own work via Wikimedia Commons (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File%3ABallokume_dhe_lule.jpg)CC BY-SA 4.0
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Ballokume

An Albanian cookie from Elbasan made with butter, sugar, eggs, and corn flour, kneaded in a copper bowl. It is traditionally eaten on Dita e Verës on 14 March.

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It is traditionally eaten on Dita e Verës, an Albanian pagan holiday celebrated on 14 March. It is sometimes called kulaç me finj, as it may optionally contain finj, a mixture of ashes from a wood stove boiled in water. It consists of butter, sugar, eggs, and corn flour. It is traditionally kneaded in a copper bowl, which is supposed to improve the texture of the dough. The dough must be kneaded vigorously, which is why the men of the house are often involved in the ballokume preparation.

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