Food & Drink in Montenegro

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Food & Drink in Montenegro

Discover Montenegro's rich culinary heritage – from fresh seafood to mountain cuisine and local wines.

Priganice with Honey: Montenegro's Welcome Fritters

Priganice with Honey

Montenegro's Welcome Fritters

Priganice are Montenegro's fried dough puffs, served hot with honey, cheese or jam. How they're made, when they're eaten and where to try them.

Lamb under the Sač or in Milk: Montenegro's Feast Dish

Lamb under the Sač or in Milk

Montenegro's Feast Dish

Lamb roasted under the sač, an iron bell covered in embers, or simmered in milk with potatoes: Montenegro's celebration cooking and where to try it.

Montenegro Wine Tours: Wine Roads and a Map of Wineries

Montenegro Wine Tours

Wine Roads and a Map of Wineries

A map of wineries that welcome visitors and Montenegro's five wine roads: Crmnica, the Riječka nahija, around Podgorica, the Bay of Kotor and the Nikšić hinterland.

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Vranac from Crmnica: Montenegro's Native Red

Vranac from Crmnica

Montenegro's Native Red

Vranac is Montenegro's own black grape, born in the Crmnica valley above Lake Skadar. Its story, its harvest and the family cellars where you can taste it.

Ukljeva and Smoked Carp: the Fish of Lake Skadar

Ukljeva and Smoked Carp

The Fish of Lake Skadar

Ukljeva, the Skadar bleak, and carp smoked over pomegranate or willow wood: the lake's classic fish, when to eat them and where.

Kolašin Leaf Cheese: Montenegro's Paper-Thin Cheese

Kolašin Leaf Cheese

Montenegro's Paper-Thin Cheese

Kolašinski lisnati sir is a layered cow's-milk cheese from the villages around Kolašin and Mojkovac. How it's made, how it's eaten and where to find it.

Pljevlja Cheese: the Brined Cheese of Montenegro's North

Pljevlja Cheese

The Brined Cheese of Montenegro's North

Pljevaljski sir is a soft white cheese of raw cow's milk, ripened in its own whey. How it's made, its protected name and where to buy it in Pljevlja.

Kajmak and Durmitor Skorup: Montenegro's Mountain Cream

Kajmak and Durmitor Skorup

Montenegro's Mountain Cream

Kajmak, or skorup as Montenegro's highlanders call it, is salted cream from boiled milk. How Durmitor skorup is made, why it's protected and where to taste it.

Njeguški Pršut: the Smoked Ham of Njeguši

Njeguški Pršut

The Smoked Ham of Njeguši

Dry-cured ham from the Njeguši villages on Lovćen: salted, pressed, smoked over beech and air-dried for nine months or more. How it's made, where to taste it.

Kačamak and Cicvara: Montenegro's Mountain Cornmeal

Kačamak and Cicvara

Montenegro's Mountain Cornmeal

Kačamak and cicvara are the cornmeal dishes of Montenegro's mountains, made rich with potato, cheese and kajmak. What they are and where to eat them.

Montenegro Wine: Vranac, Cellars and Wine Roads

Montenegro Wine

Vranac, Cellars and Wine Roads

Vranac, krstač and kratošija, the Šipčanik cellar 30 metres underground and the family cellars of Crmnica and the Bay of Kotor: how to meet Montenegrin wine at the source.

Montenegrin cuisine: from the coast to the katuns

Montenegrin cuisine

From the coast to the katuns

What people eat in each part of Montenegro: the coast and the Bay of Kotor, Lake Skadar and Crmnica, Njeguši and the Katunska nahija, the mountain north, and where to try it.

Montenegro's green markets: market days, cheese, olive oil and figs

Montenegro's green markets

Market days, cheese, olive oil and figs

Kotor's market below the walls, Bar's stalls of olive oil and olives, Podgorica's markets and Pljevlja cheese: market days and what to buy at Montenegro's markets.

Montenegro seafood: fish, mussels and brodet

Montenegro seafood

Fish, mussels and brodet

What to eat on the Montenegrin coast: how fish is cooked, what brodet and buzara are, where the mussels come from and how to order fresh fish.