
🇷🇸 SerbiaCatalog recipe
Skinless grilled minced-meat fingers stuffed into soft somun bread with raw onion and kajmak — the Balkans' definitive grill order.
For 4 servings.
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Knead meats with garlic, soda, paprika and salt until sticky; rest overnight in the fridge.
💡 The overnight rest + soda gives the springy ćevapi bite — same-day mince is just a small burger.
Roll finger-thick cylinders with wet hands.
Grill over high heat, rolling, 8–10 minutes.
Steam-warm the bread over the grill, stuff with ćevapi, raw onion and kajmak. Count: at least five each.
Ottoman kebab culture met Balkan grill obsession and produced ćevapi — ordered in fives and tens, never singly. Leskovac holds a whole festival for them; the argument with Sarajevo's version is eternal and affectionate.
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