Being one of the most favourite dishes of Albania, Flija is a layered pancake made with simple ingredients and baked slowly over a few hours.

Served hot, fresh and with honey or greek yogurt (or both). We love having it for lunch, pudding or in fact anytime of the day. There is also an official Flia Day where you get together with family to prepare and eat Flija – March 18th.

Albanian Flija is traditionally made with a saç which is a large metal lid that is placed over a pan that sits on what’s best to describe it, a BBQ on the ground. Using a traditional saç the key is to keep the temperature consistent.

An open BBQ would be made on the ground and when ready the Flija will be made in a large pan/baking tray that is place directly onto it, while the next layer is being added the saç will be covered with ashes to bring and keep it at a steady temperature.