Montenegrin cuisine has two features, thanks to which the local achievements of the culinary art leave almost no one indifferent. Firstly, this is agriculture, in which chemicals and GMOs are almost not used. Meat, dairy products, and vegetables have a great natural taste and are good for health. Secondly, Montenegrins are generous and hospitable people. This trait is reflected in the portion size: it happens that one dish is enough for several people! Here are 10 delicious dishes that you can’t help but taste when visiting Montenegro.

Meat dishes of Montenegro

1. Negush prosciutto ( njeguski pršut)- the national dish of Montenegro, the visiting card of the country. This delicacy is raw smoked pork ham and is best made in the village of Negushi. Here, every family has its own family recipe for this delicacy. It is eaten as a snack and also used to prepare other dishes. It is usually taken away with them as a souvenir and for gifts. As a souvenir from Montenegro, in any supermarket you can buy a piece of vacuum-packed prosciutto for 10-20 euros (depending on weight). Ideally, prosciutto should be cut into very thin, transparent slices, you can ask the store to cut a piece on special equipment.

Salad with prosciutto

2. Chevapi (ćevapi)are sausages made from minced pork or beef with a lot of onions and spices, they are fried on the grill. French fries and vegetable salad are usually served as a side dish. Chevapchichi are very common in Montenegro, including as fast food.

Chevapi and Montenegrin lemonade. The price is 10 euros for this lunch

3. Lamb from under the sach ( jagnjetina ispod sacca)is a masterpiece of Montenegrin cuisine. It is prepared as follows: lamb meat with vegetables is covered with a heavy cast-iron pot, and then red-hot coals are placed directly on top. The result is a tender, aromatic and healthy dish.

Meat is the basis of Montenegrin cuisine. He is loved here and knows how to cook. Exquisite meat dishes can be washed down with red wine "Vranac" (black horse) from local vineyards. And for savory sausages, Niksicko beer, which has been produced here for more than a hundred years, is suitable.

Fish dishes of Montenegro

4. Riblya chorba ( Riblja Corba) , probably the most famous fish dish in Montenegro. This is a thick and spicy fish soup, for the preparation of which several varieties of fish are used at once. Ideally, 10 types of fish should be used to prepare the fish soup, but usually this fish soup is prepared using 2-3 types. Also be sure to add tomato sauce and paprika. Very tasty soup!

Riblya chorba. Price 3 euros in the Old Bar

5. Ohrid-style fish cooked in pots. Fish fillet with onions and grated potatoes is stewed in cream and acquires a special tenderness, while pickles and peppers make its taste piquant and interesting.

6. Carp fried with prunes and apples it is best to try when visiting Skadar Lake, where it is caught. The lake, by the way, is very clean and beautiful, it is a national park. Carp fried in a pan is poured with a sauce, which, among other things, includes apples and quince. Thanks to them, the sauce quickly turns into jelly, then the dish is considered ready.

With fish dishes and soups, dry white wine called “Krstach” is perfectly combined, which has a fresh taste and characteristic aroma.

Dairy products in Montenegro

7. Kaymak - a special fermented milk product, somewhat similar to sour cream, only it is prepared from baked milk. It is spread on bread or eaten with a spoon. Very often it is used when stewing meat or fish, which then turn out to be very tender and juicy. In the restaurant menu, kaymak may be called Krem (Cream).

Kaymak (Cream). Price 3 euros in the Old Bar

8. In the village of Negushi they make not only prosciutto, but also no less tastynegush cheese (Njeguski sir) . It is made from sheep or goat milk, each housewife has her own recipe. Someone has slightly smoked cheese, someone is aged in olive oil, sometimes with spices and even with berries!

Montenegrin desserts

9. Tulumba - a very common Montenegrin dessert with Turkish roots, you can find it here in any pastry shop and cafe. This sweet is similar to our custards, but instead of adding cream, it is soaked in honey syrup. Like all oriental delicacies, tulumba is very sweet, but also very tasty! This dessert can also be bought in a supermarket, but tulumba is already cured in sweet syrup, so it is better to try it in a cafe or restaurant.

Tulumba. Price 2-4 euros per serving

10. And herepalachinke (Palacinka) - this is already a Slavic dish, a kind of pancakes familiar to us. These pancakes are made in large sizes and add a variety of fillings, including sweet ones: jam, chocolate, fruits, etc.

Since tea is not popular in Montenegro, sweets are traditionally washed down with strong coffee. The hot chocolate here is also very thick and delicious. Sometimes they add a sweet alcoholic drink "Rum Domachy", i.e. homemade rum.

Features of the national cuisine of Montenegro

1. Soup in Montenegro, it is usually called a broth with pieces of meat.Chobra It is a thick rich meat or fish soup.

Veal soup. Price 2.5 euros in Herceg Novi

2. Lettuce is usually cut into very large pieces. The dish can be huge!

3. Montenegrins drinktea only when they are sick, they prefer to drink coffee. If you offer tea to a Montenegrin, he will tell you that he is not sick. And they completely understand the Russian habit of drinking tea with sweets.

The cost of coffee and a piece of Perast cake is 5 euros in the city of Perast

4. InrestaurantbutXand cafes offerl imonad . But in Montenegro, it’s not at all the lemonade that we are used to drinking in Russia. Montenegrin lemonade is very sour, so they will bring you more sugar, which should be added to the drink.

5. In the villages, locals prepare delicious liqueurs from spruce twigs, quince, blueberries, and apples. Price from 5 to 10 euros.

6. LThe best wines in Montenegro are Vranac and Krstac. Wine in Montenegro can be bought in supermarkets, markets and specialized stores. Price from 3 to 15 euros per bottle.

Wine at the market in Kotor

7. The strongest drink in Montenegro -rakia - fruit vodka with a strength of 50 degrees.

• location: Budva, Montenegro

I will continue the photo story about Montenegrin food. Let me remind you, from the pictures from Instagram. It doesn't mean that other restaurants in Montenegro or the dishes are bad, they just didn’t get into the frame, which means there will be more stories. The first frame with fruits and berries from the market is just for color :) I'll give you advice - compare prices with the nearest supermarket, because. it’s cheaper there, but they are imported from almost the same vegetable warehouse, and don’t believe the traders on the market that everything is homemade and Montenegrin. I consider the market in Budva a tourist attraction -.

For all the restaurants where I tasted a variety of goodies, I put links to Google Maps.

Boka Kotorska Bay
MORIN

The most pretentious, expensive and possibly the best restaurant in the Bay of Kotor - Chatovich Mlini.Sometimes tourists ask to be delivered there, hearing reviews from friends. The territory will definitely delight, and the prices are unlikely to please :)) Everything is in greenery, streams, geese and ducks, there is even a helipad. In the photo - grilled shrimp, octopus in cornmeal and risotto with black rice and octopus. Osama restaurant

The territory near the restaurant Chatovich Mlyna

Drinking Niksicko beer in the Bay of Kotor is a real pleasure! I advise you to order beer (draft) in restaurants and bars, it is better than bottled beer in quality. And also this yearcelebrated its 120th anniversary, and in the summer began to produce unfiltered beer. In the Bay of Kotor, after walking with tourists around Kotor and Perast, where it is hellishly hot and stuffy in summer, I stop for a couple of hours in Morina on the beachTramontana , where at the same time I swim in the sea and have lunch. The water there is cool due to the flowing mountain river, but it is clean and pleasant.

Very near there is the village of Kostanjica and on the shore - fish Ribar restaurant. Came here for the first time for oysters! Surprisingly, they were served with croutons and butter. Oysters are not cheap - as much as 4 euros, but large. It is nicer than the oyster farm in Orahovec for the same price or larger than the farm in Dražin Vrta. And service, dishes, the ability to order other dishes are also an advantage compared to wild plantations. Everything is super with fresh seafood and fish in this restaurant, I recommend it!

Farm of mussels, oysters in the village Orahovac . They are recognized by the buoys in the bay. True, not everyone accepts, some of them work only for restaurants and shops, at the very least they will sell you raw mussels for 2 e / kg

PERAST- I rarely stop here for lunch, the city is too touristy, I don’t like to eat in such places.
But eat pizza, ice cream or drink a cup Deutsch cafes- Oh yeah! Only Montenegrins in the Balkans call ordinary coffee with milk German coffee, and all because during the circulation of the German mark in the country (1998-2002), this coffee cost 1 mark, so they shouted to the waiters - eaten Deutsch!

TIVAT, yacht marina Porto Montenegro

If you are a budget tourist, but traveling by car, I will advise not far from Tivat, where there is a monument to Yuri Gagarin. There, opposite the fire station, and it's hard not to notice, there is a cheap restaurant "Izlet" . It seems that I have been living in Montenegro for 5 years, and I am still shocked by the portions! This cold cut costs 10 euros, the three of us did not master it. A nice bonus was that the local waiter recognized me by sight thanks to social networks :))

The Bay of Kotor is also rich in fish, oysters, mussels, vongola ... This is one of the few places in Montenegro where there are fishermen and farms for growing the above.

Cuttlefish from the Adriatic Sea do not look very good, but the healthiest seafood!

How are you?

Almost all mussels are grown in the bay

The best fish shop is located between Kotor and Perast in the village of Ljuta -CogiMarket. There are large oysters for 1.80, and all kinds of seafood, fish, good cheeses, wines and spices.

Once I bought a wild fish skarpina from them. My Milka got scared of the monster and ran away...

Grilled squids are a win-win option for a light dinner. This is from a restaurant. Stari Mlini in Kindness.
Yes, there is a beautiful territory, water mills on a mountain river, ducks, herons and a swan in it, a fish pond, a playground, and a private marina for boats and yachts. But the price tag is not very pleasant, and mosquitoes bite.

On the embankment of Dobrota, I adviseKonoba Portun , there are inexpensive drinks, and there is a fish, chorby. The photo shows a small fish giritse. You can park your car right on the embankment, it is very beautiful, somehow take a ride along Dobrota. 100 m higher on the track is the best meat restaurantDobrotski Dvori , take 1 serving for 2. Both are recommended to visit if you get hungry in the Kotor area.

North of Montenegro

Here I advise you to try the national dish - kachamak. Potatoes are boiled for 2 hours until the stage of boiling, then a little flour, kaymak and Kolasin cheese are added.It is true to prove to the owners of the restaurant that 900 grams of kachamak for two, and even for fuel is a lot - I didn’t succeed, and they don’t give half a serving.I stole someone else's photo from Instagram to show you kachamak, it's delicious only when it's hot.

In the center of Kolasin, I often go to the mini market to buy fresh kaimak and leafy cheese. In Budva, Kolasin cheese costs 12 e / kg, and in Kolasin 5.5 e. Tastier cheese cannot be found in Montenegro!

ZABLYAK

Lamb and veal from sacha is a national dish in Montenegro. Take only half the portion, otherwise you will burst! And it costs 4 euros already with a side dish :) And red roasted peppers (baked paprika) are my favorite snack. And about bread - in Montenegro it is brought in restaurants automatically, if you do not eat bread and do not want to pay for it, then refuse immediately before ordering dishes. In Zabljak I advise Restaurant Zlatni Bor at the entrance to the city - one of the cheapest and most authentic. Restaurant story

I often watch how the cook bakes a lamb there on a spit (on a rajne). From 16 kg you get no more than 10

Delicious homemade pita with cheese and blueberry juice. I eat them at my grandmother's on a mountain pass Zabljak - Pluzine, I also buy honey there, but I go around tourist stalls, I don’t trust ... Even on Durmitor, I always collect herbs for tea and stopped buying berries and mushrooms from the Black Lake, I collect them myself in the forest.

Honey in combs - mmm ... In front of the Piva Monastery on the left, where you can see the apiary, there is also good honey!

There is never too much mead! A very multifunctional product is produced by bees :))
Snapped in a restaurant Zvono in Pluzhin.

IN Scepan Pole trout with a mountain of vegetables and potatoes - the most after rafting

NEGUSHI

Montenegrin national product - prosciutto. We go into the smokehouse - the holy of holies!

Tasting prosciutto, cheese, sausage, washing them down with homemade wine, coffee, brandy.

I love Negush prosciutto and cheese from Bozho, I understand Russian.
Look for it by coordinates- 42.434798 18.829673 or call +382 69 445354

I recently watched how they make cutting

LOVCHEN
I eat strawberries all summer long, depending on the height of the mountains and the temperature, it ripens differently in Montenegro. On Mount Lovcen, Montenegrins don't harvest for sale, so we had a long strawberry lunch. Unfortunately, I did not have a photo of food from the national park, but I will give advice - cheap and tasty in a restaurant-hotel Monte Rosa, order a three-course set lunch there for 6 or 8 euros - and try to eat it together :)) Sacha lamb and river trout are also good. And a hotel restaurant Ivanov Konak I also recommend it, it's a little more expensive.

Skadar Lake and Crnojevica River

I advise you to try the eel in this national park, the main thing is not to overcook it ... And order a little, it is fatty, seize it with bread.

Rakia is a strong aromatic alcoholic drink, it does not hurt either the head or the stomach, if you do not overdo it with a dose. I love quince (dunya), pear (krushka, vilyamovka) and apricot (kasia). A vine of grapes is a bit strong for me ...

And try lake carp. I once bought it for 2 euros/kg and then ate it with Milka for a long time...

On the terrace by the lake in December, salted carp is dried before being smoked. And in the summer you can safely go to and look for a local specialty.

ADA BOJANA

I don't have any special recommendations for the island on the river or Ulcinj, because I rarely go there.
I usually eat squid or fish chorba in a restaurant "Mishko's code" or "code chichka"

MONTENEGRO NATURAL PRODUCT

In Montenegro, you can not spend money on food. She swims in the sea, runs through the fields and forests, and the most easily accessible food hangs over her head, just reach out your hand ... Come to Montenegro in October and November - you will have vitamin happiness!

It surprises many that kiwi grows overhead like grapes. Ripens in December - January

In Montenegro, Japanese apples grow, that is, persimmons, and they are not viscous and very sweet!

Almost all holidays in Montenegro are associated with food and drinks, I love it in the Old Bar. Montenegrin autumn is good not only because of cheap prices, deserted beaches, but also because of sweet pomegranates, manadirin, orange

Olive oil and long-lasting cheese in oil at the same fair

Olive pate is delicious!

Montenegrin olives produce salivation

Jumpers (doughnuts) with honey, jam and cheese on t in Pržno

fish dish Brodet is also in the restaurant menu and at the festival

Roasted pepper and eggplant appetizer Aivar is my Balkan love. I immediately recall a Soviet film about overseas caviar, eggplant ... Buy a jar in the store, choose one with the inscription "domachi", and the inscription "fierce" means spicy, and "good" means gentle.

Summer is orange melon season! Try them in Montenegro for sure, the flavor is different.
Montenegrins usually dip it in honey.

The town of Stoliv is on the other side, and the most delicious watermelon is on this one. They appear in Montenegro in June.

Russian kvass of Serbian production. Expensive - 0.33 liters for 0.85 euros. I buy in the Megamarket for okroshka

Refreshing in the Balkans is better not with chemical Cola, but with the local Cockta drink. Reminds me of Baikal

Ulcinj - the sunniest region, meets tourists with colorful vitamins

Fresh fig from the tree. In the fall, I picked so much that I had to make jam!

Useful sites for tourists to Montenegro:

Individual excursions with me in the Balkans
Finding the best insurance
Yacht charter in the Bay of Kotor

The further we go on vacation from home, the more we want to learn and try everything new - these are beaches and ski slopes, local attractions and traditions, fashion and, of course, cuisine. Remember yourself: almost always, tourists choose excursions to original villages and restaurants of national cuisine in order to breathe in local flavors, taste food and drinks, try to understand the country and the people who allowed them to touch their culture. And Montenegro, fortunately, is no exception. Let's quickly get acquainted with the cuisine of this country!

Peculiarities

The cuisine of Montenegro will certainly please those for whom food is a pleasure. It will doubly please those who like to eat a lot, because food is put on plates here without sparing, and the food is hearty. Many tourists take one serving for 2-3 people in restaurants and cafes. Montenegrins are meat lovers, and the farther into the mountains, the more meat and cheese. On the coast, guests will be served fish dishes, but this, unfortunately, is an expensive pleasure not only for tourists, but also for the Montenegrins themselves, because there is no commercial fishing here.

Those who prefer proper nutrition will not remain hungry either - after all this is a southern country where a large number of vegetables and fruits are grown. Of course, how is it in a mountainous country without natural cheese and sour-milk products with hot tortillas or bread fresh from the oven.

The beauty of this kitchen lies in its variety: many dishes of the former Yugoslavia are similar to the cuisine of neighboring countries (Turkey and Albania, Italy and Austria, Hungary). And since this is a mixture of west and east, the menu in hotel restaurants and street stalls will be very diverse.

Southern seasonings with absolutely organic local products gave amazingly delicious dishes.

There are few industrial enterprises in the country (and they are located far from tourist routes), plants try to grow without the use of chemicals. But meat is bought in Serbia, where animals grow in natural conditions. Result: it makes no sense for farmers to use genetically modified feeds for animals and plants, so the food is natural and very tasty.

In addition, Montenegrins are very hospitable people, who treat their guests with pleasure. Including local wine, which is customary to wash down any hot dish and cheeses.

Each community (region) has its own culinary secrets, so often the names of places are present in the names of dishes: tsrmnitsko varivo, trout in Podgoritsky, Negush steak. To try homemade national food, go to local taverns - konoba.

Another feature of Montenegrin cuisine, more related to work in the tourism business, is the preference for simple dishes with a small amount of fat and spices. Here they rarely fry in oil (as in oriental cuisine), much more stew, bake on charcoal or roast on an open fire.

Montenegrins have a dish - an aperitif meze - cutting from various meats, cheeses and olives. Nearby put a dish with slices of boiled eggs and pickles. And if the guests satisfied the first hunger, then it's time to serve the first.

Main national first courses

Liquid hot dishes are loved in Montenegro, as in all Slavic countries. There are two varieties of the first: soup and chorba. Soup is a clear broth with the addition of meat, which is seasoned with noodles, vegetables, rice. Seafood soup is even lighter than meat soup. Prepare it on the coast.

Chorba is a thick rich meat or fish stew. It is similar to Hungarian goulash in its thickness. If you come across the following names on the menu, then know what they mean:

• chorba od povrcea- broth with vegetables;
• chorba od kopriva- nettle soup in chicken broth or vegetarian;
• Pilecha Chorba- the first on chicken meat;
• goveja chorba- rich broth with beef and vegetables, but without potatoes;
• riblya chorba- a fish first course, it is prepared from several types of fish, seasoned with flour for density and does not spare hot spices.

This ear is the most popular among tourists. The difference from our light dish is that it is a thick chorba with hot pepper, paprika and tomato sauce.

What is served for the second?

The second is traditionally understood as a hot dish. But Montenegro is also famous for snacks and salads. But cereals are not very popular. Nevertheless, for breakfast, they often offer tsitsvara, a puree made from cornmeal and young cheese. Tsitsvara is washed down with milk or curdled milk, or eaten with potatoes.

The second version of the traditional breakfast is popara: stale bread is soaked in milk with the addition of butter and young cheese. A hearty rustic dish is eaten with curdled milk.

A distinctive feature of Montenegrin salads is that all the ingredients are coarsely chopped, and everything is served in large quantities.

Of the appetizers, the main dish is prosciutto - the hallmark of Montenegro. This is an analogue of jamon, which can be bought at any store. It is the vacuum-packed prosciutto that is brought home by the guests of the country as a gift. In the Montenegrin village of Negushi, original recipes for smoking and curing ham (pork or much less often beef) have been preserved. It takes 4-24 months from the start of production to full readiness. The longer the prosciutto is aged, the more expensive it is. Dried meat is always used for meze, a separate snack or as an ingredient in other dishes.

But other meat dishes are no less popular:

• taking from mlieku- lamb meat stewed in milk;

• hanger- this is a chop in which cheese and prosciutto are wrapped;

• mixed meso- this is an assortment of grilled meat dishes, which are usually offered in hotel restaurants;

• flourkalitsa - pork, which was first fried over an open fire and then stewed with vegetables;

• negush steak- beef steak with prosciutto and Kaymak cheese wrapped;

• pašticada - stew in sauce, mixed with dumplings or pasta;

• biscuit- fried meat on a spit;

• splash- a flat cutlet with a diameter of 20 cm, which is made only from meat and onions, and it is fried without breading;

• razhnichi - small beef or pork skewers;

• sarma- very small cabbage rolls;

• chevapchichi (chevapi)- grilled sausages from a finely chopped mixture of lamb and veal;

• Montenegrin pork schnitzel- these are meat rolls with Kaymak, which were breaded with flour, egg, and then with breadcrumbs, and fried;

• lamb from under the sacha - one of the signature dishes of Montenegro, which is cooked in sache (cast-iron cauldron) for 3-6 hours.

Fish and seafood are also very popular with tourists, although they are expensive dishes. But the closer to the south of the country, the more likely you are to taste oysters and shrimp, squid and mussels - prices are much lower here. You can cook your own meals from a freshly bought catch, or you can visit a fish restaurant or an outdoor tent. In any case, it will be insanely delicious, especially with the local white wine Krstach. The following delicacies are the most popular and famous:

• Dalmatian goulash- several varieties of fish stewed with tomato sauce and spices;

• Skadar carp- fish caught in Lake Skadar and baked in a pan with prunes sauce with the addition of apples or quince, as it cooks, the sauce turns into jelly;

• mussels with fresh crispy bread– served with white or red Buzara sauce;

• octopus, grilled;

• pilaf with a variety of seafood;

• Przheni ligni- squids, often fried in batter;

• Ohrid-style fish- a dish of fish fillet, onions, grated potatoes and cream, which is cooked in pots, served with pickles;

• black risotto with cuttlefish ink;

• yaprake - baked carp, poured with a lot of cream.

Vegetables cooked in pieces or in a porridge-like form are served as a side dish: Dalmatian brew, kachamak, paprika liver, gyros.

It is worth noting that the cuisine of Montenegro is very similar to the food of other Balkan countries, and therefore the names of the dishes are very similar.

What dairy products should you try?

Sour-milk products and local cheeses are another yummy for which it is worth coming to Montenegro.

• Kaymak - fermented baked milk, reminiscent of cottage cheese, sour cream and butter at the same time. Eat with a spoon or like cheese spread on bread. On the menu of restaurants, you need to look for this salted product called Cream. It is added to many dishes.
• Negush cheese- Another visiting card of this place. It is prepared in the original recipe from sheep's milk, but is often mixed with goat's or cow's. Cheese can be young (reminiscent of less salty cheese) and hard, smoked or in olive oil, with pepper or prosciutto, with herbs or berries. It can be an appetizer or an ingredient for salads, burek pies, desserts.
• Lisnaty- sheet sweetish cheese, popular in the Kolasin mountains, made from cow's milk in the morning and evening milking.

Best Desserts

Montenegro has a huge variety of dishes that are eaten at the end of the feast. Of course, now these delicacies can be tasted not only in restaurants, but also bought to try them on the go. Sweets include:

• "Girl's Evening" roll stuffed with raisins, figs and walnuts;
• crofne- donuts, inside of which there may be marmalade, chocolate, custard;
• pachinke - huge pancakes wrapped in jam, sweet cream, hot chocolate, but the dish can be savory if the filling is cottage cheese, prosciutto, cheese, ham;
• baklava- the famous oriental sweet with raisins and walnuts;
• tulumba- very sweet pieces of dough by wetting them in syrup or honey.

Unsweetened, but no less tasty cookies include:

• burek- puff pastry stuffed with cheese or meat;
• gibanitsa- cottage cheese pie;
• struukli- cheese (cottage cheese), nuts and plums are wrapped in dough, baked in the oven or boiled in salted water.

The drinks

For Montenegrins, tea is a medicine made from chamomile or mint, and coffee is a drink that can be drunk around the clock. Another popular drink is lemonade, but it is not mixed with sugar (it will be served separately). If you are lucky, ask the hostess to treat you to a drink made from wild pomegranate, which is not sold in stores.

Beer lovers can appreciate the local Niksicko, dark, light or with additives, which has recently been exported under the NIK brand.

And, of course, it would be strange if wine and liqueurs were not made in the country of berries and fruits:

• from quince, apples, spruce young twigs, blueberries make amazing liqueurs;
• "domachiy rum"- this is (for some reason) sweet homemade rum;
• Vranac and Krstac- the best varieties of wines presented in stores;
• rakia- vodka on fruit (strength - 50 degrees).

It is worth noting that if you don’t have to worry about the quality of the products, then it is not recommended to drink water from the tap in Montenegro.

Fruit

• spring- kiwi and oranges;
• in June- strawberries, cherries and cherries;
• in July- apricots and peaches, mangoes and apples, pears and plums, melons and green figs, raspberries, blackberries, blueberries, medlar;
• in August - begins to sing figs and pomegranates, watermelons;
• autumn actively ripens grapes, tangerines, kumquats, persimmons and zinzula.

All about the cuisine of Montenegro, see the following video.

A real acquaintance with the country in which you had a chance to spend your vacation will not take place without tasting its national dishes. In each country they are different, they are not always to the taste of tourists, but you must try them. In Montenegro, the situation with national dishes is favorable, they are tasty, satisfying, and the portions are large and voluminous. Many dishes came from neighboring countries: Italy, Turkey, Austria, Albania, Hungary. The Montenegrins slightly changed the composition of the borrowed dishes by adding traditional spices or other ingredients, and together they got a kind of national cuisine.

The great advantage of Montenegrin dishes is the use of environmentally friendly products for their preparation. Fruits and vegetables for them are grown on fertile land, in fertile soil. When growing plants, farmers try to do without the use of chemicals (fertilizers and fungicides). Domestic animals, whose meat and milk are used in the food industry, graze all year round in meadows with lush grass.

Each region of Montenegro has historically developed its own food preferences and traditions. Somewhere ancient recipes for making wine or pate have been preserved, somewhere goats are bred and good cheese is made from their milk. This is how national dishes appear, the names of which are associated with cities, regions or villages (Negush cheese and ham, Tsrmnichi "varivo", Dalmatian goulash, Podgorica trout).

What are the best dishes to try in Montenegro

Meat dishes

Negush prosciutto

All tourists are always advised to try one of the favorite meat delicacies of Montenegro - negush prosciutto(Njeguški pršut), is a smoked or cured ham. In the village of Negushi, several original recipes for its preparation have been preserved. Pork is dried high in the mountains, in the fresh air and in the hot sun. Beef meat is also dried, but for prosciutto they are used much less frequently. It takes several months of smoking, usually from 4 to 24 months, for the prosciutto to be completely ready and get on the table and store shelves. The longer the exposure, the more expensive the prosciutto, the cost for 1 kg is from 20 euros. Restaurants and cafes include dishes with prosciutto in their menu, it is served as an appetizer, cut into very thin slices. You can buy prosciutto in the markets and supermarkets, where it is packed in vacuum packages. Some tourists go to the village of Negushi, where they produce the most delicious prosciutto.

Excursion "Heart of Montenegro"

Adults (12+) – 50 EUR

D children (0 - 11) with a place - 25 euro

During the tour you will visit the ancient the capital of Montenegro - Cetinje and the Cetinje Monastery. In the village of Negushi you try the famous negush prosciutto and homemade cheese, here you can buy delicious souvenirs. From a height of love take in the panorama of Boka Kotorsk th bay. During the sightseeing tour, visit the cities of Kotor and Perast. On a yacht you will sail along the Bay of Kotor.

Chevapi

Chevapi(Ćevapi) - grilled sausages made from finely chopped meat (a mixture of lamb and veal) with the addition of onions and various spices. In restaurants, cevapi is almost always served as a side dish with potatoes, baked or french fries, as well as fresh or grilled vegetables. This is a common dish in restaurants in Montenegro, so you will find it in almost all restaurants in the country. The cost of a meal in a restaurant is about 6-10 euros.

Pscaffold

Pscaffold(Pljeskavica) is a large flat cutlet, the splash can be up to 20 cm in diameter. You can try the splash in restaurants, fast food kiosks, or buy it in specialized butcher shops and cook it yourself if you stay in an apartment with a stove, or ask to fry on the grill in the store itself, it's a free service. In restaurants, pleskavica is served with potatoes and vegetables. Fast food kiosks, which are usually located in popular tourist spots with splash, make burgers that are popular with both tourists and locals, as they are very tasty and inexpensive.

Lamb from under the sach

Lamb from under the sach(J agnjetina ispod sača) is a very tender meat cooked in a cast-iron cauldron with a concave lid - sač. After the meat of the lamb (more rarely, a piglet or a calf) is placed inside the cauldron, it is covered with a lid, on which burning coals are placed on top. After a while, potatoes or other vegetables are added. This creates the effect of a mini-brazier, where the meat languishes for three to six hours.

Mixed meso

In some Montenegrin restaurants, you can try several meat dishes at once by ordering a dish called " mixed meso» (Mesano meso), that is, an assortment of various meat dishes. It includes splash, and chevapchichi, and sausages, and shish kebab, and other popular meat dishes. You can safely take one dish for two or three people in the restaurant, as it is quite large and very satisfying. The cost of such a dish is about 15-20 euros.

French fries and fresh vegetables are usually served as a side dish. But there are unusual dishes in Montenegro, for example, kachamak (Kacamak ). This is a popular hearty dish, which is very popular in the north of Montenegro. In restaurants, this dish is served as a side dish or an independent dish. It is prepared from mixtures of mashed potatoes, cheese (most often kaymak) and cornmeal. The main thing is that the dish is thick. Kachamak can be similar to ordinary porridge, or it can be served on a dish in the form of balls.

Fish meals

Riblya chorba

In restaurants, for the first time they often offer to eat a spicy thick fish soup, which is called hereRiblya chorba (Ribljacorba). This Montenegrin fish soup is very popular in coastal . According to the classic recipe, real chorba is prepared from different types of fish. If you follow all the rules for preparing a real Montenegrin fish soup, then the number of fish species should be about ten, but in practice, restaurants are limited to 2-3 varieties of fish. Various ingredients are added to the ear: tomato sauce, paprika, noodles, vegetables, nettles. The cost of one serving of chorba in restaurants varies from 3 to 9 euros.

Carp "in Skadar style"

Another fish dish is loved to cook in the vicinity of Lake Skadar - carp "in skadar style". Carp caught in is baked in a pan, with prunes, apples or quince sauce. At the stage of readiness, the sauce becomes thick, and the carp is served on the table already in fish and fruit jelly.

Even pilaf in seaside areas is often cooked with seafood: fish, crayfish, mussels, cuttlefish, squid or shark meat.

All restaurants on the Montenegrin coast offer various seafood dishes. We recommend trying:

• Grilled octopus.
• Calamari - fried or stuffed.
• Black risotto with cuttlefish ink.
• Mussels in white or red Bouzara sauce - perfect with crispy bread.

Dairy dishes and cheeses

Negush cheese

In Montenegro, the most popular dairy product isnegush cheese (Njeguski sir) - fat-free hard cheese. Negush cheese is of several types, its taste depends on the method of preparation and on the additives included in it. The production of the original cheese is located in the Lovcen region, as well as in the coastal zone from Budva to Herceg Novi. There is an opinion that the quality of cheese is affected by the climate of the place where its production is located. Negush cheese is made mainly from sheep's milk, and this cheese can also be made from cow's milk or a mixture of sheep's, cow's and goat's. The best cheese comes from sheep's milk. Negush cheese can be: young and aged (preparation time is more than 3 months). To give the cheese a piquancy and unique taste, it is stored in a vat with olive oil and pepper for about 60 days. Negush cheese, like other varieties of cheese, is part of many dishes: salads, snacks, desserts.

Delicacies of Montenegro: prosciutto, cheese and wine

Adults - 185 euros per tour (1-6 people)

Everyone who has been to Montenegro has heard about the local grape variety Vranac and Negush prosciutto. In Old Montenegro, you will find out why local wines and delicacies are distinguished by their unique taste. In the winery, the owner himself will give you a master class on growing grapes. He will explain how to plant, cut, store grapes, take you to the cellar, where the process of maturation of the future wine is going on. You will not only get acquainted with the winemaker's craft, but also taste 4 varieties of local wines and liqueurs. In the village of Njegusi, in a private "sushara" you will learn the history of the origin of prosciutto and see how it is cooked. And, of course, you will try prosciutto, Negush sausage and Negush cheese.

Lisnaty cheese

Lisnaty / leaf cheese (Lisnati sir) - very delicate sweetish cheese, layered texture. This cheese you can try if you go to the north of Montenegro to the small town of Kolasin, which is a popular ski resort in Montenegro. For the preparation of this cheese, different milk is used, or rather milk, which is obtained from one cow in the morning and evening hours. The cost of lisnati cheese is from 5 to 9 euros per 1 kg.

In the market in Budva you can try and buy any cheese

Kaymak

From fermented milk products worth a try kaimak(K ajmaḳ), somewhat similar to butter or very thick sour cream made from full-fat milk. If you order kaymak in a restaurant as a separate dish, then outwardly it will look like ice cream, by the way, in the menu of restaurants look for kaymak called Cream. Salty kaimak can be spread on bread or added to meat dishes. Kaymak can also be bought in a supermarket in factory packaging, but it does not look like a real homemade kaymak at all.

Cooking and sweets

In Montenegro, private bakeries are very popular, in large cities there are especially many of them, for example, there are bakeries on every street and even in the Old Town. First of all, bakeries sell fresh bread, various sweet pastries, pizza and burek. Bureks(Burek) - these are puff pastry pies with meat, like pasties; sometimes cheese, spinach, eggs or mushrooms are put in the filling instead of meat. One serving of burek in a bakery costs about 1.5 euros.

Those with a sweet tooth will find many interesting, original dishes in Montenegro for themselves. Each tavern, cafe or restaurant offers the following desserts:

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One of the best souvenirs that you can bring from Montenegro is the local wine. You will learn about the peculiarities of local viticulture. On the way to the wineries, take Skadar Lake and the coast of the Budva Riviera. You will visit two private wineries in different regions of the country. Meet the owners of wineries, admire the vineyards in the mountain valleys and learn the secrets of wine production in Montenegro. Enjoy tastings of several varieties of wine and rakia with traditional table snacks (prosciutto, cheese, olives). You can also buy quality wine here.

Local winemakers invent their own recipes for homemade wines and liquors, adding various spices, herbs, nuts, fruits and even spruce needles.

The only alcoholic drink distributed outside the country is beer Niksicko(Nikshichko Pivo). The main production of beer has been located in the city of Niksic since 1896. Recently, this brand begins to conquer other countries, where it is sold as NIC (Nick Gold, Nick Cool and others). Gourmets note that the beer is good, but not perfect, designed for the average consumer. The cost of beer in stores is from 1 euro.

Features and traditions of the national cuisine of Montenegro

Montenegro has developed its own gastronomic traditions, which are followed by local residents. So, it is customary to drink meat dishes and desserts with Montenegrin red wine, and fish, fruits and cheeses with dry white wine. It is quite predictable that all dishes that require vegetable oil are cooked in olive oil, because huge plantations of olive trees are planted on the Mediterranean coast.

There is a noticeable difference between the main dishes of the mountainous and coastal areas. Near the Mediterranean Sea, a large amount of fish, vegetables, fruits and milk are eaten. In areas remote from the sea, in the mountains, there is a lot of meat and dairy products on the tables.

For tasting national cuisine, you can visit not an ordinary restaurant, but konobe - tavern-restaurants serving traditional Montenegrin dishes made from farm products.

TOP of the best excursions in Montenegro

Excursion "Canyons"

Adults (12+) – 40 EUR

D children (0 - 11) with a place - 20 euro

Children (0 - 3) without a seat - free of charge

If you want to see Montenegro, then you should goon this unique and most popular tour of the country. During the tour you will see largest lake in Europe Skadar Lake, the ancient monastery of Moraca, amazing beauty mountains of Montenegro, the largest canyon in Europe the canyon of the Tara River, the famous bridge of Dzhurdzhevich, and also visit national park Durmitor.

Balkan Switzerland by jeep

Adults (12+) – 70 EUR

Children (0 - 11) with a seat - 45 euros

Children (0 - 3) without a seat - free of charge

This tour is for those who love outdoor activities. The trip takes place on the territory of the Biogradska Gora National Park. The tour takes you to places where it is impossible to travel by bus or regular car. You will enjoy the national park in a whole new way. Find out why Belasitsa has been declared one of the most beautiful national parks in Europe. EThis is one of the most interesting sightseeing tours in Montenegro with active recreation.

Excursion « Raftingby Tara»

Adults (12+) – 65 EUR

Children (7 - 11) - 32.5 euros

on Mondays, Thursdays

Rafting on the Tara River will be an unforgettable adventure in Montenegro.Rafting on Tara has II category of difficulty, so it is safe and suitable for people without special training. Everyone from 7 to 60 years old can take part in rafting. The Tara River forms the deepest canyon in Europe. It is the second largest in the world after the Grand Canyon in the United States.On the way to the starting point of the rafting, you will seePiva Lake and Piva River Canyon. The price includes breakfast and lunch in a restaurant with national dishes.

Bosnia and Herzegovina (Mostar, waterfalls)

Adults (12+) – 55 EUR

Children (0 - 11) with a seat - 30 euros

Children (0 - 3) without a seat - free of charge

Citizens of Russia and Ukraine do not need a visa to travel to Bosnia and Herzegovina. The first stop is in the Kravice National Park, where you will see beautiful waterfalls. You will have 1.5 hours to swim. Here you can jump into the lake and stand under the falling jets of the waterfall. The city of Mostar is a beautiful and ancient city, which is under the protection of UNESCO. You will have a guided walk through the old part of the city and free time. The main attraction in Mostar is the bridge over the Neretva River, built in the 15th century.

Skadar lake and river Crnojevica

Adults (12+) – 40 EUR

D children (0 - 11) with a place - 20 euro

Children (0 - 3) without a seat - free of charge

FROM Kadar Lake is part ofnational park. More than 200 species of birds live here. The lake is rich in fish, but fishing requires a license. If you wish, you can separately order an organized. During excursions you swim on a boat on the lake, also everyone can swim in Skadar lake itself. From small village Virpazar tour group will go on a boat on the river Crnojevica. Boat and lunch are included in the tour price.

Excursion Maxi Montenegro

Adults (12+) – 35 EUR

Children (0 - 11) with a seat - 20 euros

Children (0 - 3) without a seat - free of charge

During the sightseeing tour you will get acquainted with the history and traditions of Montenegro. Visit the former capital of Cetinje and the Cetinje Monastery, which houses the Right Hand of St. John the Baptist - three fingers of his right hand, with which he baptized Jesus Christ. In the village of Negushi, you will taste prosciutto (smoked pork ham), delicious Negushi cheese and local mead, and, if you wish, rakia. On the way to Lovcen, you will see Boka Kotor Bay from above. In the Lovcen National Park, on the second highest mountain range in Montenegro (1650 m), there is the mausoleum of Peter II Petrovich Njegos, the ruler of Montenegro. From the observation deck at the mausoleum a beautiful panorama of Montenegro opens up.

Montenegrin wedding with dinner

Adults (14+) – 45 EUR

Children (7 - 13) - 22.50 euros

Children (0 - 6) - free of charge

Would you like to attend a Montenegrin wedding as a guest? See local traditions, national costumes, national dances, music and songs? You will take part in a real Montenegrin wedding - bright, noisy, cheerful. You will taste the famous national dishes - this is "prosciutto", Negush cheese and delicious lamb "under net". Taste wonderful homemade wines and homemade brandy (Montenegrin grape vodka). The famous Balkan feast, which is famous not only for hospitality, cordiality and fun, but also for Montenegrin national food and drinks.

Ostrog Monastery and Podgorica

Adults (12+) – 25 EUR

Children (0 – 11) with a seat -12.50 euros

Children (0 - 3) without a seat - free of charge

During this tour you will see the main shrine of Montenegro - the Ostrog Monastery, as well as the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ in the country's capital, Podgorica. Ostrog Monastery is the third most visited monastery in the world after Jerusalem and Mount Athos in Greece. The relics of the Great Basil of Ostrog the Wonderworker are kept in the monastery, this is the most revered saint. The temple in Podgorica is one of the largest temples in the Balkans. Height 41.5 m, 7 gilded crosses, 17 bells. The largest bell weighs 11 tons. All the bells were cast in Russia, in Voronezh. Inside the temple is decorated with different types of marble and granite.During this tour you will visit the ancient city of Kotor. The guide will introduce you to history and culture of this stunning city on the shores of the Bay of Kotor. Here you will see the Cathedral of St. Tryphon (1166) - the oldest temples of the Adriatic, and visit the Church of St. Luke, which has been preserved since 1195 in its original appearance. Further in Kotor, all sightseers transfer to yacht and set sail throughout the Boka Kotorska Bay. You see one of the oldest and most beautiful cities on the coast - Perast. If you wish, you can visit blue cave

G citizens of Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus no visa required for a trip to Albania. You will visit two ancient cities of Albania - Shkoder and Tirana. Shkodra is a city with a rich historical and cultural heritage, it is one of the main cities of the country. A sightseeing tour of Shkoder will be conducted by a guide from Albania. Next, you will head to the capital of Albania - Tirana. The main attractions of Tirana are the Skenderbek Square, the Opera and Ballet Theatre, the Cathedral of the Resurrection of Christ and the Efem Bey Mosque. You will have time for sightseeing with a guide, time for lunch and shopping.

Paragliding over Budva and Sveti Stefan

Adults and children (7+) - 65 euros

Daily

A paraglider is an ultralight aircraft that takes off with the help of human legs. The difference between a paraglider and a parachute is that a paraglider is designed for flying only. Paragliding in Montenegro takes place in tandem with experienced licensed instructors. Start of the flight over the Budva Riviera on Mount Braichi, which is a 15-minute drive from Budva/Becici/Rafailovici. Within 30-45 minutes you will enjoy a free flight with beautiful views of Montenegro. Then go down to the beach in Becici.

Diving in Montenegro

One dive - 44 euros

Snorkeling - 12.5 euros

Daily

Diving in Montenegro is popular. Jacques If Cousteau once said that cleaner and more transparent water than the Adriatic, from Montenegro and Croatia, he had never seen anywhere in his life. The transparency of the water reaches 55 - 60 m. Diving in these places is known throughout Europe. In coastal waters, you can swim among reefs and corals, explore several interesting archaeological finds: sunken Austro-Hungarian and German ships, underwater caves, submarines, ships and various fish.

Private yacht tour with captain

Yacht rental with a captain from 345 euros

Individual routes from 4 to 8 hours

Yachting is always a vivid experience that cannot be replaced by anything, and the memory of a boat trip on a yacht remains for a long time. Fans of boat trips on a yacht will be interested in the picturesque coastline of the Adriatic Sea and the Bay of Kotor, where you can see dolphins. The yachts provide everything for a comfortable stay. Each yacht has a toilet, shower, changing cabin, towels, dishes, bathing accessories, fishing tackle. A boat trip on a yacht is suitable for those who are planning a vacation with small children (does not get sick).