🇧🇦 Bosnian Cuisine

Cevapi

Grilled Beef Sausages

Prep Time 30 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Medium
Calories 518 kcal

Plump, hand-shaped skinless beef sausages grilled over charcoal, served in warm somun bread with raw onions and kajmak cream.

Ingredients

  • 500g ground beef
  • 250g ground lamb
  • 1 tsp baking soda
  • 4 cloves garlic, minced
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 4 somun flatbreads
  • 1 large white onion, finely diced
  • 100g kajmak or cream cheese

Instructions

  1. 1 Mix beef, lamb, baking soda, garlic, salt, and pepper. Knead 5 min until sticky.
  2. 2 Refrigerate mixture 2 hours or overnight.
  3. 3 Shape into finger-sized sausages about 8cm long.
  4. 4 Grill over hot charcoal 3-4 min per side until charred and cooked through.
  5. 5 Warm somun bread on the grill.
  6. 6 Serve cevapi in somun with diced onions and kajmak.

Did You Know?

Sarajevo's Bascarsija district has cevabdzinicas (cevapi shops) that have been serving the same recipe for over 100 years.

From The Culinary Codex — http://theculinarycodex.com/dish/bosnian/cevapi/