Recipes · Montenegrin · Breakfast
Cicvara (Young Cheese and Kajmak Cooked with Cornmeal)
One serving has 399 kcal and 17 g protein, and at least a fifth of a woman's daily need of phosphorus (36%), riboflavin (36%), vitamin A (36%), selenium (30%), cobalamin (25%) and pantothenic acid (20%). Ready in 25 minutes.
- Preparation: 5 min
- Cooking: 20 min
- Makes: 1 serving (201 g)
- Difficulty: Easy
- Diets: Vegetarian, Gluten-free
- Contains: dairy
Ingredients
- 120 g Young cheese (mladi sir) or farmer cheese
- 50 g Kajmak (or clotted cream)
- 30 g Cornmeal, fine
- 0.5 g Salt
Method
- Crumble the young cheese with a fork. Taste it and the kajmak: if they are already well salted, leave out the salt.
- Melt the kajmak in a heavy, wide pan over low heat for 2-3 minutes.
- Add the cheese and stir over low heat for 5-6 minutes, until it melts into the kajmak and turns soft and stringy.
- Sprinkle in the cornmeal a spoonful at a time, stirring all the time with a wooden spoon so that no lumps form.
- Keep stirring over low heat for 10-12 minutes, until the mixture thickens into a smooth mass that comes away from the pan and the butterfat seeps out round it in a golden layer. Don't let it catch or brown.
- Season with the salt if it needs it, and serve hot straight from the pan with the melted fat spooned over, with bread and a glass of sour milk (kiselo mlijeko). It is eaten for breakfast.
Nutrition per serving
| Nutrient | Per serving | Share of a day's need |
|---|---|---|
| Energy | 399 kcal | 19% |
| Carbohydrates | 29.3 g | |
| Water | 128 mL | |
| Fiber | 1.2 g | 4% |
| Protein | 16.9 g | 35% |
| Tryptophan | 0.22 g | |
| Threonine | 0.71 g | |
| Isoleucine | 0.85 g | |
| Leucine | 1.8 g | |
| Lysine | 1.2 g | |
| Methionine | 0.4 g | |
| Cystine | 0.13 g | |
| Phenylalanine | 0.87 g | |
| Tyrosine | 0.85 g | |
| Valine | 1.1 g | |
| Histidine | 0.48 g | |
| Fat | 23.7 g | |
| Monounsaturated | 5.6 g | |
| Polyunsaturated | 1.2 g | |
| Docosahexaenoic Acid (DHA) | 0 g | |
| Eicosapentaenoic Acid (EPA) | 0 g | |
| Omega-6 | 1 g | |
| Saturated | 13.6 g | |
| Trans-Fats | 0.62 g | |
| Cholesterol | 76.9 mg | |
| Calcium | 134 mg | 13% |
| Copper | 0.06 mg | 7% |
| Iron | 1.4 mg | 8% |
| Magnesium | 22.7 mg | 7% |
| Manganese | 0.06 mg | 3% |
| Phosphorus | 250 mg | 36% |
| Potassium | 215 mg | 5% |
| Selenium | 16.3 µg | 30% |
| Sodium | 587 mg | |
| Zinc | 0.8 mg | 10% |
| Thiamin (vitamin B1) | 0.21 mg | 19% |
| Riboflavin (vitamin B2) | 0.4 mg | 36% |
| Niacin (vitamin B3) | 1.6 mg | 12% |
| Pantothenic acid (vitamin B5) | 0.99 mg | 20% |
| Pyridoxine (vitamin B6) | 0.13 mg | 10% |
| Folate (vitamin B9) | 79.1 µg | 20% |
| Cobalamin (vitamin B12) | 0.6 µg | 25% |
| Choline | 33.1 mg | 8% |
| Vitamin A | 253 µg | 36% |
| Vitamin C | 0.3 mg | 0% |
| Vitamin D (D2 + D3) | 35.1 IU | 6% |
| Vitamin E | 0.59 mg | 4% |
| Vitamin K | 1.6 µg | 2% |
Shares of a day's need are for a woman of 30, 165 cm, 60 kg, lightly active, by the US and Canadian Dietary Reference Intakes. SustainBite works out each person's own needs, by the standard where they live: the Nordic Nutrition Recommendations in Norway, the UK's, EFSA's in the EU.
Climate footprint
0.5 kg CO2e a serving: higher than most breakfasts, sides, desserts and drinks on SustainBite. Source: ADEME, Agribalyse 3.2.
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