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The main meal of the Albanians is lunch and it is usually accompanied by a salad of fresh vegetables, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, green peppers, and olives with olive oil, vinegar and salt.

Lunch also includes a main dish of vegetables and meat. Seafood specialties are also common in the coastal areas of Durrës, Vlorë and Sarandë.

Albanian dishes

Appetizers

Salads

Albanian potato salad
Albanian Tossed Salad
Bean Salad
Cabbage Salad
Tomato and Pepper Salad

Soups

Bean Jahni soup
Potato and cabbage soup
Soup with Lemon

Fish

Trout with onions and tomatoes in oven; Baked fish with olive oil and garlic;

Meat

Vegetables

Baked leeks
Fërgesë of Tirana with peppers
Peppers stuffed with rice, meat and vegetables
Stuffed aubergines with cheese

Albanian Pies

Byrek (Albanian vegetable pie)

Desserts

The desserts most common in Albania are made throughout the Balkans.

Halva
Hasude
Llokume
Kadaif
Muhalebi
Revani
Sultjash
Panespanjẽ
Qumẽshtor
Bakllava
Sheqerpare
Kek
Shendetlie (me mjalte)
Gurabie
Krem Karamele

Soft drinks

Mineral water is among the most preferred non-alcoholic drinks in Albania along with carbonated beverages. Some of these are produced locally and some are imported from abroad.

Alcoholic beverages

Alcoholic beverages are vastly consumed in Albania. Most of these are produced locally, and even by private citizens.

Beer (see Birra Tirana for a local brand)
Brandy - the Albanian brandy Skanderbeg is renowned in Europe
Raki
Red and white wines

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-'''Albanian cuisine''' consists of local dishes from around the country of [[Albania]]. Many of these dishes are typical of the [[Balkans]] and indeed the [[Mediterranean]], but some are local specialties. The main meal of the [[Albanians]] is [[lunch]] and it is usually accompanied by a [[salad]] of fresh [[vegetables]], such as [[tomato|tomatoes]], [[cucumber]]s, green [[bell pepper|pepper]]s, [[olive]]s, [[olive oil]], [[vinegar]] and [[salt]].
+The main meal of the [[Albanians]] is [[lunch]] and it is usually accompanied by a [[salad]] of fresh [[vegetables]], such as [[tomato|tomatoes]], [[cucumber]]s, green [[bell pepper|pepper]]s, and [[olive]]s with [[olive oil]], [[vinegar]] and [[salt]].
 Lunch also includes a main dish of vegetables and meat. Seafood specialties are also common in the coastal areas of [[Durrës]], [[Vlorë]] and [[Sarandë]].