Cevapcici

Submitted by Food.com

"Recipe courtesy of Marija Saban, Adriatic Foods, Honolulu, HI"

 

• Ready In: 3hrs 10mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 lbs ground beef
• 1 lb ground pork
• 1⁄4 cup club soda
• 2 1⁄2 teaspoons salt
• 2 teaspoons granulated garlic
• 2 teaspoons black pepper
• 1⁄2 teaspoon baking soda
• 2 slices white bread, crusts removed, ripped into small pieces
• vegetable oil, for greasing

• Serving suggestions

• roll, split
• thinly sliced onion
• serbian cheese sauce, recipe follows (Kajmak)
• red pepper, and eggplant sauce (prepared avjar)

• Kajmak (Serbian Cheese Sauce)

• 1 lb cream cheese
• 1 lb feta cheese
• 1 lb sour cream
• 1⁄2 lb butter, softened (optional)

directions

1. Serving suggestions:

2. Combine the beef, pork, club soda, salt, garlic, pepper, baking soda and bread in a mixing bowl and mix together by hand for at least 5 to 10 minutes. Refrigerate, covered, for a few hours or up to 12 hours.
3. Grab a small handful of the meat mixture and roll between your hands to form breakfast sausage-size links. Repeat with the remaining meat.
4. Heat a griddle until hot. Lightly grease the griddle with some oil, and then cook the cevapcici, rolling them around occasionally, until cooked though and golden.

5. To serve:

6. Grill the cut sides of the rolls. Sandwich the cevapcici and onions in the rolls with dollops of Kajmak and avjar and serve.

7. Kajmak (Serbian Cheese Sauce):

8. Beat together the cream cheese, feta cheese, sour cream and butter if using until fluffy.