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Dessert of 14 march
Albina Çekrezi · CC0 · Wikimedia Commons

Food

Ballokume

A dense maize-flour biscuit from Elbasan, made for Summer Day on 14 March.

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Type
Cornmeal biscuit
Main ingredients
Maize flour, butter, sugar, eggs
Most associated with
Elbasan
Occasion
Dita e Verës (Summer Day), 14 March — a national holiday

In plain language

Ballokume are round biscuits made from maize flour, butter and sugar, beaten in a copper pot. They belong to Elbasan and are made for the spring festival on 14 March.

Simple explanation

Ballokume are round biscuits made from maize flour, butter and sugar, beaten in a copper pot. They belong to Elbasan and are made for the spring festival on 14 March.

More images

Ballokume, a type of sweet biscuit or big cookie made of corn meal, eggs and butter. Traditional dish of Elbasan, Albania
Ballokume dhe lule Esmeralda Ko · CC BY-SA 4.0
Traditional cookie from Elbasan, Albania called Ballokume
Ballokume Elbasani Redon Skikuli · CC BY-SA 4.0

Connected subjects

Related subjects

City · Elbasan

Elbasan

A central industrial city inside an Ottoman fortress wall, on the old Via Egnatia.

Subject

Albanian Cuisine

Mediterranean at the coast, Balkan and Ottoman inland, dairy-heavy in the mountains.

Sources

  • Wikipedia. Ballokume — English Wikipedia · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Used to ground the deep-research section and as a discovery aid; not relied on alone for contested claims.
  • Wikidata. Wikidata item Q3633458 · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia Commons. Photographs · retrieved 13 Oct 2026
    Each photograph carries its own creator, licence and file link beneath it. Only public-domain, CC0, CC BY and CC BY-SA files are published.

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