Cevapcici

[snagman]

From the former Yugoslavia, these delicious snacks are easy to make, problem is it is hard to make enough of them. There are many variations, some a closely guarded family secret. This recipe is the closest I have managed to make.

CHEVAPCICI
250g Lamb mince
500g Chuck steak
250g Pork
4 Garlic cloves crushed
5g Salt
5g Baking Soda
10g Cracked black pepper
1.5g Hot Paprika
1 Beaten egg white

Grind meats through a fine plate, mix very well and overnight in the fridge. I was too lazy to set up my 7kg capacity stuffer for such a small quantity, so I used a disposable plastic piping bag to extrude the mix. If a stuffer is used it would be a small tube for these.



The mix



The meat extruded using a piping bag



It was raining heavily this day, so cooked on the stove top. Note desirable grilling marks. These are best cooked over charcoal.



As a pre dinner finger food, very hard to beat for very little work !

Thanks for looking !

[Vindii]

I love chevops. We make them all the time. I've only made them myself once but there is a local euro deli that always has some made up so most of the time I just get them there.

You don't have a recipe for lepinja bread to go along with these do you?

[DanMcG]

Dang I thought I posted on how good these look. Thanks for sharing the recipe Snag.
Can anyone tell me the reason for the baking soda, or what it does for the sausage.

[grisell]

Looks great! Isn't the tradition to serve them with chopped raw onion? Or maybe I'm confusing it with another dish?

[Snags]

yes chopped raw white onion and crusty bread

love them
they're best cooked over charcoal too

Had a great Macedonian Restaurant in Melbourne I used to go to have them

thanks for the recipe

[onewheeler]

The soda is said to help give a crispy outer. I love these little chaps, they're so easy to make and always go down well at a barbie.

I thought a yoghurt dip (sort of raita style) was the traditional accompaniment.

Martin/

[DanMcG]

Thanks Martin

[grisell]

Even the deep frozen ones from Lidl for about £4 a kilo are good. That's a good price for something that contains 97% beef, BTW.

[Bebe]

i have no idea what he's saying but that's a clever gizmo

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FyXW18ZgdtI

[Damo the butcherman]

i have no idea what he's saying but that's a clever gizmo

We have a similar gizmo at work that we use to make grillsticks/koftas, it does a great job.
Damo