Chow Down to Eurovision 2015 - Montenegro

Good evening Europe and good morning Australia....

The Chow Down to Eurovision 2015 will now continue semi final two with Montenegro.

There has been a little bit of a gap (ok a big gap) between our last country San Marino which I posted while in Vienna and now.... I was a little bit busy having the most amazing time of my life.

Did he only pack one shirt??

 

In my research for the dish to represent Montenegro I read about one dish that was a whole lamb that was stuffed with 6 chickens!

The prospect of a lamb and 6 chickens rotating over red hot coals is enough to get me inappropriately excited but the reality of it happening as a mid week meal just isn't practical.

So as my tweet suggests, I had to scale it down which really means I just made it up.

I do love a recipe that says, stuff 1 lamb or kid with 6 chickens! I might scale it down.....

— dontboilthesauce (@dbtsauce) April 17, 2015

I had the opportunity to chat with Knez who represented Montenegro this year so naturally I had to find out if he knew about this lamb and chicken dish.

He really likes that shirt....

 

Montenegrin Lamb stuffed with chicken AKA Lambkin
Ingredients

• 700g lamb rump roast (what was in the freezer)
• 300g chicken mince
• 1 small brown onion
• Handful of parsley
• Salt & pepper

Method

• In a food processor add chicken mince, onion, parsley, pinch of salt and pepper
• Pulse till combined
• Cut a pocket along the centre of the lamb
• Stuff with chicken mixture
• Brown the lamb in a hot fry pan
• Cover with aluminium foil and bake at 160°C for 1 hour
• let rest and slice

Surely what ever meat needs is more meat right??

Two meats and one veg?

 

It's a strange adventure but not completely unenjoyable, cold on warm buttery toast heaven.

 

 

Bringing the Baltic flavour to Eurovision 2015 Knez performed the crowd pleasing Adio.

Placing 9th in semi final two was enough to secure a place in the final where Montenegro ended the night 13th.
 

Knez delivers the expected professional performance given his experience and the water nymphs backing  are the perfect support.
 

A bit of trivia Knez's daughter Xenia is one the backing singers.

Past Montenegro Chow Down to Eurovision:

 





2014 Squid Ink Risotto with Calamari

 

2013 Sesame Chicken Soup

Chow Down to Eurovision 2014 - Montenegro

Dobro veče this is Podgorica, Montenegro calling.

The second last country of Semi Final One to give us their delicacies in Chow Down To Eurovision 2014.

Are you full yet? We still have Semi Final Two and the Final to go!

Unlike most of the hosts or commentary teams at Eurovision, I'll just get on with it and head straight into our hit from Eurovision days gone by so we can eat!

Montenegro's first entry to Eurovision was from Steven Faddy with Ajde, kroči in 2007 they finished 22nd in the semi final.

As yet Montenegro has not performed in a Eurovision final, they also sadly did not make it to the final of Chow Down to Eurovision 2013 with Sesame Chicken Soup.

 

Squid Ink Risotto with Calamari
Ingredients

• 1 knob butter (the size of the knob is up to you)
• Olive oil
• 2 cups arborio rice
• 4 shallots
• 1 clove garlic
• 250ml dry white wine
• 1.5 litres fish stock
• 8g squid ink
• 1-2 calamari tubes
• 1 red chilli
• Salt

Method

• Add the butter and a good splash of oil to a fry pan on medium heat
• Chopped the shallots and garlic
• Sauté to the shallots and garlic till soft
• Add rice and stir coating in oil
• Stir till rice changes appearance and looks translucent
• Add wine and stir
• Reduce heat to low and add a ladle of fish stock
• Keep stirring and adding stock by the ladle as it is absorbed by the rice
• This process can take about 20 minutes till the rice is cooked but still al dente
• Add the squid ink and stir through.
• Cut calamari long fine strips of the
• Finely chop the chilli and add to a bowl with the calamari
• Add a pinch of salt and olive oil
• Heat another fry pan on high heat
• Add the strips of calamari to the pan and cook for about 1 minute till tender
• Serve the risotto topped with a pile of calamari
• Don't season the risotto before adding the squid ink as it is quite salty (being from the sea and all)

 

 

 Sergej Ćetković will perform Moj Svijet for Montenegro on the 6th of May, will this be the year they get to the final of both Eurovision and Chow Down to Eurovision?

 

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Chow down to Eurovision 2013 - Montenegro

2013 will mark the 5th time Montenegro has been part of the Eurovision Song Contest independently of Serbia. While they have missed out on being in a final they have managed to give us the full range of Eurovision type acts, the rock anthem, the eurotrash pop hit and even a joke entry last year. (It was a joke right? Wasn't it?)

Andrea Demirovic from 2009 with Get Out of My Life (or don't, it's up to you really) 

For today's dish I have kept it simple but full of flavour, the key to any good Eurovision act really. This recipe is based on what I found on www.celtnet.org.uk which had lots of great ideas for the different countries.

Sesame Chicken Soup
Ingredients

• 5 tablespoons of sesame oil (sounds a lot but it works)
• 1 thumb of ginger, sliced
• 500g diced chicken
• 1 1/2 cups white wine
• 3 cups water
• 1 tablespoon sugar
• salt to taste
• 1 tablespoon of black sesame seeds

Method

• In a large saucepan heat the sesame oil
• Fry off the ginger for 1 minute
• Add the chicken and brown
• Add the wine and boil off the alcohol for about 3 minutes
• Add the water and sugar and salt
• Simmer till the chicken is cooked through, 15-20minutes
• Serve with a sprinkle of the black sesame seeds

Let's see if Who See will be able to take Igranka into the finals for the first time.

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