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Popeci

Name: Popeci
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Montenegro
Ingredients: 4 Pork Loin; 4 Prosciutto or ham; 80g Cream Cheese; 60g Melting Cheese; 4 tbsp All-purpose flour; 2 Egg; To taste Breadcrumbs; A pinch Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Oil for frying; 1 Lemon

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Pounded meat rolled around ham and cheese, breaded, and fried — a Montenegrin cutlet.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Popeci are a staple of Montenegrin restaurants: veal or pork pounded thin is topped with cured ham and kajmak (cultured cream) or cheese, rolled up, breaded, and fried. Cut into it and melted cheese oozes out. They're served with fries and tartar sauce.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a seaside restaurant in Montenegro, a freshly fried rolled cutlet is cut, spilling melted cheese across the plate.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Pork Loin 4
Prosciutto or ham 4
Cream Cheese 80g
Melting Cheese 60g
All-purpose flour 4 tbsp
Egg 2
Breadcrumbs To taste
Salt A pinch
Black Pepper A pinch
Oil for frying To taste
Lemon 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Place the pork between plastic wrap, pound thin with a rolling pin, and season with salt and pepper.
Top with cured ham, cream cheese, and melting cheese, roll up from the edge, and secure with toothpicks.
Coat in flour, beaten egg, then breadcrumbs.
Fry in 170°C oil for 6 minutes until golden.
Remove the toothpicks and serve with lemon.

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