Cevapi or Cevapcici (Grilled Serbian Sausage)
You probably know these delicious minced sausages from holidays in Bosnia, Serbia or Croatia. Because there you can get them in any restaurant. But you can also make them quickly and just as tasty at home. With easy to get ingredients.
Ingredients
cevapcici
- 1 pound ground beef or half and half minced pork / minced beef or 2½ pound of minced beef and ½ poundof minced lamb
- ½ oz parsley fresh flat, finely chopped
- 4 cloves garlic squeezed
- 1 egg size M
- 1 tablespoon flour
- 1 teaspoon paprika powder sweet
- 1 teaspoon paprika powder smoked
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper
- ¾ teaspoon vegeta
- 2 tablespoons sunflower oil
To serve
- 8 pita bread baked of any other flat bread
- 2 red onions finely chopped
- 1 cup garlic sauce sour cream or Greek yogurt
Instructions
- Put the minced beef in a bowl. Add the parsley and garlic.1 pound ground beef, ½ oz parsley fresh, 4 cloves garlic
- Add the smoked paprika, sweet paprika, flour, baking soda, cayenne pepper, and Vegeta.1 tablespoon flour, 1 teaspoon paprika powder, 1 teaspoon paprika powder, ½ teaspoon baking soda, ⅛ teaspoon cayenne pepper, ¾ teaspoon vegeta
- Also, put the egg in the bowl.1 egg
- Mix the minced meat well with your hands.
- Cover the bowl with plastic wrap and refrigerate for 2 hours.
- Form small meat rolls with your hands. Place on a platter or plate.
- Brush the meat with oil.
- Heat the BBQ or grill pan until very hot.
- Place the cevapcici in the pan and grill for 12 minutes, while turning the meat a few times.
To serve
- Cut open the flat bread (pita bread) and fill with cevapcici and red onion.8 pita bread, 2 red onions
- Serve with garlic sauce.1 cup garlic sauce
NOTES
1. - Minced beef Instead of minced beef you can also use minced beef mixed with ½ pound (250 grams) minced pork, or ½ pound (250 grams) minced lamb with ½ pound minced beef.
2. - Vegeta - Vegeta can be bought at Amazon. If you don't have it at home, you can replace it with vegetable stock powder. If you don't have it at home either, leave it out.
3. - Garlic sauce - Instead of this creamy sauce, you can also serve this with sour cream or Greek yogurt. Or serve with Ajvar (available in supermarkets or online).
4. - Baking soda - Add baking soda to get a crisp outside. If you don't have baking soda? Then leave it out.
5. - Storage
The nutritional values are shown per person, assuming you eat this with four people.
- After shaping the cevapcici, but before brushing them with oil, you can keep them in the fridge for up to one day. You can also freeze them. Place them in a freezer container (with baking paper between each roll so that they do not stick). You can keep them for up to 2 months. Let them thaw in the refrigerator and grill them according to the directions.
- After grilling the cevapcici, you can keep them covered in the refrigerator for up to 3 days. You can also freeze them. Then place them in a freezer container (with baking paper between each roll so that they do not stick). You can keep them for up to 2 months. Thaw them in the fridge and heat them in a skillet or in the oven. Bake it for 20 minutes at 320 °F (160 °C).
The nutritional values are shown per person, assuming you eat this with four people.
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