Montenegro

After a year off the journey we are back. I've had issues with inspiration and actually finding recipes for Montenegro. Maybe because the small size of the country, or perhaps because it has only recently gained independence, but it was really hard to find recipes with more detail beyond an instruction of 'cook lots of seafood with tomato'.

So, with word from the farm that fresh grown tomatoes were on their way, I found a (supposedly) common tomato based chutney/relish that gets served as an accompaniment to main meal meat. Pindzur is tomato, capsicum, garlic and chilli all cooked for a while until they are nicely mushed together. Recipes either had it chunky or blitzed up; we went for the chunky version and served it topped with feta as a side for some lamb and bread.

It was a country I didn't think we would get away from. Verdict; it was good - quite good actually. The lamb and the relish went nicely together and the hint of spice was spot on. It is good coming back to this and trying new stuff, and this meal was a fresh and tasty one.

The next one is huge... United States.