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Kačamak

Also known as: Качамак

The Montenegro food atlas describes kačamak as a traditional mountain-household porridge.

Kačamak — illustrative food image

About Kačamak

The Montenegro food atlas describes kačamak as a traditional mountain-household porridge. This named version combines potatoes and stoneground corn flour, with kajmak and white cheese selected together from the supplied finishing choices.

The potatoes and corn provide the main body, while dairy gives the dish its richness. The native-language account also names butter, which is retained here despite its omission from the English introductory ingredient summary.

The cooked potato-and-flour mixture is stirred into a dense mass and traditionally served on wooden plates. Homemade yogurt is a suggested accompaniment, with no additional seasonings or precise serving temperature supplied by this account.

Allergens in this recipe

Contains: Milk.

Other allergen details are unconfirmed.

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Ingredients in Kačamak

The Montenegro food atlas’s potato-and-corn kačamak.

Ingredient details & uncertainties

Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.

  • Potatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Stoneground corn flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader corn-flour candidate for actual native corn/stoneground specification1793/1816.
  • Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
  • Kajmak: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Actual dairy finishing option selected with cheese; Milk positive.
  • Homemade white cheese: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Broader cheese candidate; literal dairy white cheese confirms Milk, exact formula unknown.
  • Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Native introductory maslac1779 explicit, omitted English intro; Milk positive.
  • Homemade yogurt (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Suggested side optional; actual dairy yogurt confirms Milk.

Origins & food traditions

Montenegro association in the attributed source; no exclusive invention claim.

Countries

  • Montenegro
  • SerbiaCatalogue link pending review
  • MontenegroCatalogue link pending review

Cuisines & regions

AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.

Sources & references
  1. The Montenegro food atlas’s potato-and-corn kačamak