Kachamak

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Prep10 min
Cook35 min
Total45 min

Bulgarian maize porridge beaten with butter and cheese — mountain food, served in a heap with more cheese on top.

Ingredients

Serves:4
  • 250 g coarse maize flour
  • 1 l water
  • 80 g butter
  • 200 g Bulgarian sirene, crumbled
  • 80 g kashkaval, grated
  • 1.5 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp paprika

Nutrition (estimated)

high confidence
497kcal · per serving
6.9g
Protein
49.6g
Carbs
17g
Fat

Recipe total: 1988 kcal · P 27.7g · C 198.4g · F 68.2g

Estimated from 7 of 7 ingredients

Approximate estimate, calculated from the ingredients.

Steps

  1. 1
    Bring the salted water to a rolling boil in a heavy pot.
  2. 2
    Pour the maize flour in a thin steady stream with one hand while whisking hard with the other. Tipping it in at once guarantees lumps you will never beat out.
  3. 3
    Drop the heat to low and cook 25-30 minutes, stirring often with a wooden spoon and scraping the base.
  4. 4
    It is ready when it pulls away from the sides of the pot in one mass.
  5. 5
    Beat in half the butter and half the sirene until glossy.
  6. 6
    Turn out onto a warm platter in a rough mound.
  7. 7
    Melt the remaining butter with the paprika until it foams and pour it over, then top with the rest of the sirene and the kashkaval.
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Questions and answers

How long does Kachamak take to make?

About 45 minutes: 10 min prep and 35 min cooking.

What ingredients do you need for Kachamak?

7 ingredients: coarse maize flour, water, butter, Bulgarian sirene, kashkaval, salt, paprika.

How many servings does this Kachamak recipe make?

4 servings. The servings buttons above the ingredients rescale every amount.

How many calories are in a serving of Kachamak?

About 497 kcal, with 6.9 g protein, 49.6 g carbohydrate and 17 g fat. This is an estimate from the ingredients, not a lab analysis.

Which diets does this Kachamak recipe suit?

It is vegetarian.

What cuisine is Kachamak?

Kachamak comes from Bulgarian cuisine.

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