Cuisine of Montenegro for many centuries it has absorbed the traditions of Italian, Hungarian, Turkish and Austrian cuisine, but the basis has remained unchanged. Montenegrin food itself is divided geographically: the coastal zone, where fish and seafood are mainly preferred, and the northern part of the country, where meat and dairy dishes predominate. It is also worth noting that Montenegrins love healthy food - their herds graze all day in the meadows and no one irrigates the land with chemicals or fertilizers. Therefore, the food here is environmentally friendly and healthy.
Here is a basic list of what you should definitely try in Montenegro:
One of the most delicious national dishes of Montenegro is smoked ham, and in the local prosciutto. Prosciutto is eaten with bread and cheese, as well as some fruits. Be sure to try the prosciutto.
Also very tasty sausages and the famous Negush cheese (in some of its manifestations it resembles cheese). And sausages, and prosciutto, and cheese - come from a small village. Negushi. This is a colorful alpine village, where there is absolutely no production, which has a beneficial effect on its ecology; in addition to meat products, in Njegusi you can buy homemade wine and honey.
In Montenegro, various types are very tasty. cheese and cheese. The king of dairy products is kaimak, which is the top layer of baked milk. Kaymak is served as a separate appetizer or added when stewing second courses. You can simply spread it on bread, and, voila, breakfast is ready!
The most common meat dish in Montenegro is cevapi - minced meat sausages. They are served in every cafe and every restaurant. Chevapi can be bought as a semi-finished product in any supermarket or "mesar" ("butcher's shop" in Montenegrin) and cook it yourself at home, or you can ask to fry it with smoke right on the spot (in Montenegro this is called "make on a rostil"), cooking any meat on rostil it will cost you nothing, in the mesars of Montenegro this service is free! Pleskavitsa - these are the same chevapi, but in the form of a large cake.
Must try "meso underside sacha" - meat from a pot; very tender meat with vegetables. Sach is a pot with which meat is covered, and the meat itself is put on coals, it turns out that the meat is not in the pot, but under it! Hence the name.
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Glory to the Montenegrin winemakers was brought by Vranac grapes, which are cultivated everywhere in order to produce the dry red wine of the same name. For 3 euros in the supermarket you can buy wine Vranac produced by the Plantage company, and on the market, from other private sources and in some restaurants you can buy homemade wine Vranac worth from 5 euros per liter - breathtakingly tasty. Vranac by Plantage has won the recognition of European wine critics more than once. Wine of the Krstach variety is also worthy of attention, it is a dry white wine, from which not only wine is made, but also brandy!
The broad Russian soul demands hot drinks! And in this case, Montenegro has something to offer - homemade moonshine from white grapes, which is called here rakia. Moonshine in Montenegro is also made from pears, quince, plums, honey, and so on - all these varieties of moonshine are called accordingly "crump", "dunya", plum brandy and "honey". Be sure to taste and bring rakia home as a souvenir from Montenegro - let your loved ones share your joy!
In addition to wine and rakia, in Montenegro, also try the local beer "Niksicko" and lemonade from freshly squeezed juice - all this is well refreshing in the heat.
If you came to Montenegro in winter and want to warm up, you will like a harmless hot chocolateinexpensive and very tasty!
Excursion to the drinks of Montenegro is completed "cafe" - so in Montenegro they call coffee. Montenegrins are very fond of coffee, the traditional way of making coffee in Montenegro is Turkish coffee (a legacy of Turkish expansion), they make it in Turku, often with the addition of sugar at the preparation stage, a thick sediment in the form of coffee grounds remains below. Of course, you can order classic cappuccino and espresso.
On the coast, a must try fish. In some restaurants, the fish on the menu is unnamed and is divided into categories: 1, 2 and 3. Fish is divided into categories depending on the rarity and size: the larger, the higher the class and the more expensive the fish. Fish is measured in kilograms. Mussels stewed in white wine, large shrimps, lobsters and octopuses are very tasty. Risotto with seafood - just lick your fingers!
Don't miss out on a very simple yet delicious dish. "fish chorba" - this is a fish soup, but it is done completely differently than in Russia. They add tomato paste or a lot of paprika, as well as a lot of fresh fish of different varieties! Once you try Montenegrin fish soup, you won't be able to go back to regular fish soup! See how it's getting ready Fishing chorba.
Thanks to the strong influence of Italian cuisine, a dish called pizza has firmly entrenched in Montenegro for several centuries. It is served in every cafe. The most popular are Montenegro, 4 seasons and capriccio. And she's delicious!
Tulumbu can be found in any store, in any bakery. These “things” are of different types, different fillings, but the essence is the same: pastries soaked in honey syrup. A very sweet Turkish dish, you can’t eat a lot of it, but what a delicious one! In addition to tulumba, they also serve baklava, sherbets, halva, etc. There are also oriental desserts that can only be found in the south of the country, i.e. in the Bar and Ulcinj rivieras, for example, dessert "kadaif" (let's just say: for an amateur!) Often served with coffee or tea "palachinka" - pancakes with different fillings.
We can not ignore fast food in Montenegrin style. Want McDonald's big tasty, only a more harmless version of it? Then you will surely like it. "hamburger" - they make it in almost every butcher's shop and bakery (yes, it is there and nowhere else!) They do it right there, in front of you, in about 10 minutes: they fry a cutlet, put it in a bun, there are also onions, herbs and spices. This miracle costs no more than 4 euros! In terms of nutritional value, only "gyros" - a kind of shawarma, but of better quality and with a high content of meat 🙂 It costs 3-4 euros, and the feeling of hunger after such a hearty "snack" will return to you only the next day!
This is just a small list of famous Montenegrin dishes; you will surely discover many more!
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