Cevapcici Cevapi Balkan Sausage Food

CEVAPI - EASY BALKAN BEEF SAUSAGES

Steps:

• In a large bowl, pop in the minced beef, garlic, parsley, sweet paprika, salt and pepper. Mix by hand until roughly combined.
• Next grab a small dish and mix the water and baking soda together until it dissolves a little bit (it won't mix entirely, this is fine).
• Add the baking soda mixture into the meat mix and massage together for a good 5 minutes until it's all combined.
• Get out a large plate - it's time to make the sausages! Get a small handful of the mixture and first roll it into a ball then into a small sausage shape. Pat each end to flatten and pop it on the plate. The length should be around the width of your hand.
• Set a large grill pan or frying pan on medium heat and drizzle in the olive oil. Once heated, cook the sausages in batches (don't overfill the pan). Let them cook a few minutes each side, until they're browned. Chop one in half to check if they're cooked in the middle. A slight pink is okay for beef sausages.
• Once cooked, we recommend serving with hot with fresh lapinja bread, chopped raw onion and ajvar spread.

SERBIAN CEVAPCICI

Steps:

• Preheat a grill for medium-low heat.
• In a large bowl, combine the ground pork, ground beef, ground lamb and egg white. Add the garlic, salt, baking soda, black pepper, cayenne pepper and paprika. Mix well using your hands, and form into finger length sausages about 3/4 inch thick.
• Lightly oil the grilling surface. Grill sausages until cooked through, turning as needed, about 30 minutes.