Three-Meat Patties

Cevapcici

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    Patties; Serves
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Steven Raichlen

Published 1998

  • About

Pronounced che-VAP-chee-chee, ćevapčići are one of the many grilled ground meat patties popular in the Balkans; compare them with the mititei (Romanian Pork and Lamb Sausages, opposite) and kufteh (Bulgarian Burgers) in this chapter. This version calls for an equal amount of beef, veal, and pork, but ćevapčići are also made with just lamb or any combination of these meats. The resulting flavor is so richly complex it tastes like