If you missed my previous post, then this is a follow up on what you could make to eat with ajvar. How to make Croatian cevapi/ cevapcici is what I have for you today. Grilled flavoured minced meats that pair well with the ajvar recipe I gave you earlier and is just glorious to have any time. As much as I would like to eat cevapi the authentic way with all the dips and bread, I tend to also make them and eat them on their own because they are that good and just makes you want more. Before I continue, let me just explain a bit more what cevapi/ cevapcici are.
So, what exactly is cevapi?
Plainly put, cevapi is a grilled dish of minced meat found traditionally in Serbia and Croatia. Hand-mixed and formed into kebab shaped meat from two to three types of minced meat. For my recipe, I used two and preferably prepped a day before to let it marinate. For this recipe you will need;
Ingredients
- 500gms minced beef
- 250gms minced lamb
- 1 tbsp onion powder
- Tbsp paprika
- 6 cloves crushed garlic
- Salt to taste
- 1 tbsp baking soda
METHOD
- In a bowl, add your minced beef and lamb mince.
- Add onion powder and paprika and then the crushed garlic and salt.
- Give it a good mix until everything is combined and incorporated.
- Cover with cling film and let it marinate for an hour, the longer the better and overnight is even perfect.
- Once that’s done, add baking soda and give one more mix.
- Start forming into sausage shapes and depending on what size you want, then they can be bigger or smaller.
- This will determine how many you end up with and remember they will shrink while cooking.
- In a heated griddled pan, start frying them.
- You can also do this in the oven on the grill setting, turning them every now and then.
- If you choose to do this on a bbq grill then it’s even better.
- Once you are done, they are ready to be enjoyed.
- Serve and enjoy.
