Montenegro

Pleasant discovery tours through Montenegro

Best of Orient and Occurrent

(djd). Threatsome mountains, deep gorges and a Mediterranean coastline: High-contrast landscapes and diverse cuisine characterise Montenegro. Thanks to its comparatively small surface area, natural friends and connoisseurs can travel on a day trip from sea level to summit regions. They can also try specialities such as oysters from the bay of Kotor, which belongs to the Unesco World Heritage Site, or the legendary ham from the Njeguši mountain village. Four signposted panoramic roads, including the "Round about Korita", the "Durmitor Ring", the "Mountains and the Sea" and the "Crown Montenegros", are suitable as signposts through the landscape and tastes of the Balkan State.

Appetite for discovery

An active-culinary journey through the "Land of Black Mountains" is best started in Podgorica. Because there is everything that grows between Almen and Adria on the markets of the Montenegrin capital. The stalls house figs and cork cherries, but also delicious kale and native olives, which are used to make high-quality oil. There are goatmeat, lamb and veal from family farms and the small carp fish Ukelei from Lake Skadarsee. The website www.montenegro.travel makes an appetite for a voyage of discovery , where interested parties can download information brochures on activities and cuisine, as well as map material on the panoramic roads.

Almond varieties with Italian roots

Orient and occident have also left their mark in the country from a culinary point of view. Sweets such as Turkish Baklava or almond varieties from Italy are testament to this. The latter is always named after the place in Montenegro, such as cakes made from Perast or cake made from Dobrota.

Ingredients

Dough:

  • 6 egg yolks
  • 6 spoons sugar 200 g butter 1 spoon milk flour Filling:
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  • 6 egg whites
  • 400 g almonds 400 g sugar 150 ml cherry liqueur lemon zest
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Preparation

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Beat the egg yolk with sugar, add the butter and continue beating.
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Add milk and gradually enough flour until you get a medium and fine dough.
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Spread the dough on the base and walls of the cake tin. Leave the rest for decoration.
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To fill, beat the egg white with sugar, then add the almonds, which were previously briefly dipped in boiling water and chopped into small pieces. Add cherry liqueur, grated lemon zest.
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Spread the filling over the dough.
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Cut the remaining dough into strips and place it over the filling as a grid
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Bake the cake in the preheated oven at 160 degrees for about 40 minutes.
For active enjoyers

Montenegro's nature, for example, offers over 50 thousands and 40 lakes as well as a coastline about 293 kilometres long on the Adriatic - and thus an exciting field of activity for nature lovers. However, a kitchen characterised by different climatic and cultural influences has also developed between rough mountain air and a mild Mediterranean climate. The website www.montenegro.travel has even more appetizers for active connoisseurs.

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