Cevapi Sausages

Cevapi Sausages

Char-grilled beef-and-pork fingers, juicy and paprika-deep — the Balkan grill's main event.

Total
35 min
Serves
4

The Balkans' beloved grill sausage, skinless and unapologetic: minced beef and pork kneaded with onion, garlic, parsley and paprika, shaped into stubby fingers and grilled until charred outside, juicy within. Pile them into flatbread with raw onion — that's the whole ritual, and it needs nothing more.

Ingredients

  • 500g Minced Beef
  • 250g Minced Pork
  • 1 Onion
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 3 tblsp chopped Parsley
  • 1 tbs Paprika
  • 3/4 teaspoon Baking Powder
  • 2 tbs Breadcrumbs
  • 3 tbs Water
  • 1 Vegetable Stock Cube
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Pepper

Instructions

  1. Place the ground meat in a bowl. Chop the onion very finely and grate the garlic cloves. Add to the bowl. Add the chopped parsley, all sorts of paprika, baking soda, dried breadcrumbs, water, Vegeta, salt, and pepper.
  2. Mix well with the hand mixer fitted with the dough hooks. Cover the bowl with cling film/ plastic foil and leave to rest for 1 or 2 hours in the refrigerator.
  3. Take portions of the meat mixture, about 50-55 g/ 1.7-1.9 oz/ ¼ cup portions, and form the cevapi. The rolls should be about as thick as your thumb and about 7-10 cm/ 3-4 inches long. I had 18 sausages. The recipe can be easily doubled.
  4. Grill the cevapcici on the hot grill pan or on the barbecue for about 12-14 minutes, turning them several times in between, or until brown and cooked through. I checked by cutting one in the middle and then grilling the following batches for the same period of time.
  5. Serve hot as suggested above. The cevapcici can be reheated in the oven at 180 degrees Celsius/ 350 degrees Fahrenheit for about 10 minutes or until heated through. Check one, if it is not hot enough, give the sausages a few more minutes.

Nutrition (per serving)

Calories
350
Protein
25 g
Fat
25 g
Carbs
10 g

Adapted from whereismyspoon.co. Rewritten and re-photographed by MealIdeas.

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