for 4 person

Cevapcici

600 g	minced meat (beef and pork)
3	garlic cloves, squeezed
1 tsp	baking powder
½ tsp	paprika
¾ tsp	salt
½ tsp	pepper
16	wooden skewers

Vegetables

400 g	beans
	salted water, boiling
500 g	waxy potatoes, cut into cubes
2 tbsp	olive oil
1 tsp	cumin, crushed
½ tsp	chilli flakes

Charcoal/gas/electric grill

¾ tsp	salt
2 tbsp	hazelnuts, coarsely chopped
1 tbsp	peppermint, finely chopped
100 g	Ajvar (pepper spread)

How it's done

Cevapcici

In a bowl, mix the meat with all the other ingredients up to and including the pepper, knead well until the ingredients have combined to form a compact mass. With wet hands, shape the mixture into 16 rolls approx. 10 cm long, thread onto the skewers.

Vegetables

Blanch the beans in salted water for approx. 5 mins., drain, cool immediately in ice-cold water. Remove, drain well. Mix the beans and potatoes with the oil and spices, place the vegetables in a grill tray.

Charcoal/gas/electric grill

Cover and grill the vegetables over/on a medium heat (approx. 200 °C for approx. 20 mins., turning occasionally. Place the cevapcici alongside and grill on all sides for approx. 10 mins. Season the vegetables with salt, mix in the nuts and mint. Serve the cevapcici with the vegetables and ajvar.

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