Balkans

Ćevapi

Name: Ćevapi
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Balkan
Ingredients: 500 g not too lean minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema); 200 g minced lamb or mutton minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat); 3 cloves grated garlic; 1/2 tsp baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda); Salt, to taste; 1/2 tsp black pepper; 1 tsp for paprika kashmiri chilli powder; 1 large finely chopped, to serve onion; 4 pita or lepinja pita bread; 2 for ajvar red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper); 1 small for ajvar brinjal (eggplant, aubergine); 2 tbsp olive oil; 1 tsp vinegar

Little grilled sausages of beef and lamb, stuffed in warm bread with onion and red pepper relish.

60 minTime

38 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Grill house classic2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBeef and lamb ćevapi with lepinja bread, raw onion, ajvar and kajmak.

The original

686kcalsame

38 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

60minutessame

Ćevapi.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)500 g, not too lean

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)200 g minced lamb or mutton

Garlic3 cloves, grated

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)½ tsp

Saltto taste

Black pepper½ tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tsp, for paprika

Onion1 large, finely chopped, to serve

Pita bread4 pita or lepinja

Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)2, for ajvar

Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine)1 small, for ajvar

Olive oil2 tbsp

Vinegar1 tsp

Method

5 steps

1Mix the meats with garlic, baking soda, salt, pepper and paprika. Knead well and rest in the fridge for a few hours.
2Quick ajvar: char peppers and brinjal, peel, then blend or chop with oil, vinegar, a little garlic and salt.
3Shape the mince into finger thick sausages, about 8 cm long.
4Grill on high heat, turning, until charred and cooked through with no pink.
5Warm the bread on the grill, open it and fill with ćevapi, raw onion and ajvar.

Serve it like this

Tuck five or ten ćevapi into warm bread on a plate, with chopped raw onion and a big spoon of ajvar alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

Balkans

Ćevapi

Little grilled sausages of beef and lamb, stuffed in warm bread with onion and red pepper relish.

60 minTime

38 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Grill house classic2 chapters · 1 min read

Make it your way

Grandma's wayBeef and lamb ćevapi with lepinja bread, raw onion, ajvar and kajmak.

The original

686kcalsame

38 gproteinsame

5 gfibresame

60minutessame

Ćevapi.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)500 g, not too lean

Minced mutton (goat mince, ground goat)200 g minced lamb or mutton

Garlic3 cloves, grated

Baking soda (bicarb soda, bicarbonate of soda)½ tsp

Saltto taste

Black pepper½ tsp

Kashmiri chilli powder1 tsp, for paprika

Onion1 large, finely chopped, to serve

Pita bread4 pita or lepinja

Red bell pepper (red capsicum, red pepper)2, for ajvar

Brinjal (eggplant, aubergine)1 small, for ajvar

Olive oil2 tbsp

Vinegar1 tsp

Method

5 steps

1Mix the meats with garlic, baking soda, salt, pepper and paprika. Knead well and rest in the fridge for a few hours.
2Quick ajvar: char peppers and brinjal, peel, then blend or chop with oil, vinegar, a little garlic and salt.
3Shape the mince into finger thick sausages, about 8 cm long.
4Grill on high heat, turning, until charred and cooked through with no pink.
5Warm the bread on the grill, open it and fill with ćevapi, raw onion and ajvar.

Serve it like this

Tuck five or ten ćevapi into warm bread on a plate, with chopped raw onion and a big spoon of ajvar alongside.

Bloom picks tonight's dinner for your diet and allergies, then cooks it with you step by step.

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