🇲🇪 Montenegrin Cuisine

Ćevapi

Grilled Minced Meat Sausages

Prep Time 45 min
Servings 4
Difficulty Easy
Calories 412 kcal

Small, hand-formed cylinders of seasoned beef and lamb, chargrilled until crusty outside and juicy within, served in warm flatbread with onions.

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Combine beef, lamb, grated onion, garlic, baking soda, salt, and pepper. Mix well.
  2. 2 Refrigerate mixture 2 hours or overnight for best flavor.
  3. 3 Form into small cylinders about 8cm long and 2cm wide.
  4. 4 Grill over very hot charcoal 3-4 min per side until charred and cooked through.
  5. 5 Warm the flatbread on the grill briefly.
  6. 6 Serve 8-10 ćevapi per portion in flatbread with diced onion and ajvar.

Did You Know?

Montenegrins fiercely debate who makes the best ćevapi — every town and family has a secret spice ratio they guard jealously.