🇲🇪 Montenegrin Cuisine

Cicvara

Butter Cornmeal Porridge

Prep Time 40 min

Servings 4

Difficulty Easy

Calories 452 kcal

A rich, golden Montenegrin porridge of cornmeal slowly cooked with kajmak and butter until it pulls away from the pot in silky, glossy strands.

Ingredients

1 Bring water and milk to a boil in a heavy pot.
2 Gradually whisk in cornmeal, stirring constantly to prevent lumps.
3 Reduce heat to low and cook 15 min, stirring frequently.
4 Add kajmak and butter in pieces, stirring vigorously until fully incorporated and glossy.
5 Continue cooking 10 min until the mixture pulls away from the sides of the pot.
6 Serve immediately, mounded on a plate with extra kajmak on top.

Did You Know?

Montenegrin shepherds judged cicvara quality by whether a wooden spoon could stand upright in the finished dish.