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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.

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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.

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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

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City

Elbasan

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

ElbasaniElbasan
Subject

Albanian Cuisine

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

Sources

  • Wikipedia — Ballokume — English Wikipedia · retrieved 03 Sep 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 03 Sep 2026
    Source of the population, area and elevation figures shown in Quick facts, each with its own observation year.
  • Wikimedia Commons — Photographs · retrieved 03 Sep 2026
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