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Montenegrin Cicvara

Name: Montenegrin Cicvara
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Montenegro
Ingredients: 100g Corn grits; 200g Cottage Cheese; 80g Cream Cheese; 20g Butter; 200ml Milk; 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Plain yogurt

Side Dish

⏱ 30 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Cornmeal stirred with cheese and kajmak — a Montenegrin mountain breakfast.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Cicvara is a mountain dish of northern Montenegro: young cheese and kajmak (cultured cream) are warmed in a pot and cornmeal is stirred in. The trick is to keep stirring until the cheese's fat rises, giving it a rich, stretchy texture. It's eaten for breakfast with yogurt or milk.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a mountain hut in northern Montenegro, a stretchy mix of cheese and cornmeal is scooped from the pot with a wooden spoon.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Corn grits 100g
Cottage Cheese 200g
Cream Cheese 80g
Butter 20g
Milk 200ml
Salt 1/2 tsp
Plain yogurt To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Melt the milk, cream cheese, butter, and salt in a pot over low heat.
Add the cottage cheese and mix.
Gradually add the corn grits, stirring constantly.
Keep stirring on low for 15 minutes until the cheese's fat rises.
Spoon into bowls and serve with yogurt.

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