DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Kačamak
Also known as: Качамак
The Montenegro food atlas describes kačamak as a traditional mountain-household porridge.

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.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Kačamak
The Montenegro food atlas’s potato-and-corn kačamak.
- PotatoesBase
- Stoneground corn flourBase
- WaterLiquid
- KajmakFinish
- Homemade white cheeseFinish
- ButterFinish
- Homemade yogurtAccompaniment · Optional
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
- Montenegrin
- Montenegrin Highland CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Serbian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.