Ballokume
Sign in to saveBallokume is an Albanian cookie originating in the city of Elbasan, which is popular throughout Albania and Albanian communities. 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.upright=1.35|thumb|Ballokume, also known as ballokume ElbasaniIt 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
Key facts
- Food.image
- Ballokume dhe lule.jpg
- Food.name
- Ballokume
- Food.alternate_name
- Ballakume, kulaç me finj
- Food.place_of_origin
- Albania
- Food.region
- Elbasan
- Food.main_ingredient
- Corn flour, butter, sugar, eggs
- Food.type
- Cookie
- Food.variations
- Milk, ashes
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Ballokume is an Albanian cookie originating in the city of Elbasan, which is popular throughout Albania and Albanian communities. 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.upright=1.35|thumb|Ballokume, also known as ballokume ElbasaniIt 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.
== Etymology == Tradition holds that the name comes from a 16-century Ottoman ruler of Elbasan who, after having tasted a small cake made from corn flour cooked in a wood fire, exclaimed: “Është ba si llokume!” (“It’s as good as a lokum!“), the word ballokume resulting by contracting this sentence.