🇲🇪 Montenegrin Cuisine

Popara

Bread and Milk Porridge

Prep Time 20 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 376 kcal

A soothing Montenegrin comfort dish of stale bread soaked in hot milk with butter and cheese — humble, warming, and deeply satisfying.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Heat milk in a saucepan until just simmering.
  2. 2 Add torn bread pieces and stir until bread absorbs the milk and softens.
  3. 3 Add butter in pieces, stir until melted and incorporated.
  4. 4 Continue stirring over low heat until the mixture becomes thick and porridge-like.
  5. 5 Transfer to a serving bowl and top with crumbled cheese.
  6. 6 Serve immediately while hot and steaming.

Did You Know?

Popara was once called the poor man's breakfast in Montenegro, but today it is nostalgic comfort food requested even in upscale mountain restaurants.