Ingredients
- Cevapcici:
- 500 g minced pork
- 500 g minced beef
- 6 cloves of garlic
- 1 tbsp. baking soda
- 2 tbsp. salt
- 2 tsp ground black pepper
- 6 tbsp. sweet paprika
- 4 tsp. hot paprika
- 1 vegetable stock cube, crumbled
- 30g olive oil
- Djuvec:
- 250 g basmati rice
- 2 cloves of garlic, chopped
- 200 g spring onions
- 150 g peppers (green or red)
- 50 g carrots in small pieces
- 80 g peas (frozen)
- 200 g tomatoes in 2cm pieces
- 20 g tomato paste
- 3 tsp paprika (sweet or hot)
- 100 g Ajvar (mild or hot)
- 2 tbsp vegetable stock
- 4 tbsp. tomato puree
- 600 g water
- salt
- freshly ground black pepper
- 20 g olive oil
Instructions
Cevapcici:
- Put the pork and 3 cloves of garlic in the bowl, then chop for 3 seconds/speed 7. Transfer to a bowl and set aside.
- Place the minced beef and the remaining 3 cloves of garlic in the bowl, then chop for 5 seconds/speed 7. Add to the same bowl and set aside.
- Add salt, pepper, bicarbonate of soda, hot and sweet paprika, vegetable stock powder, and olive oil to the minced meat and mix for 1 minute/speed 3.
- With moistened hands, form about 30 meatballs and roll them on the work surface or in your hands to form small sausages.
- Place the cevapcici side by side on a plate and store in a cool place under cling film for at least 2 hours or overnight to allow the spice aromas to fully unfold.
- Heat a dry frying pan and grill the sausages.
Djuvec:
- Put the cooking basket on the lid and weigh out the basmati rice, then gently rinse it under cold water and set aside.
- Put the olive oil, onions, garlic, diced peppers and carrots in the bowl and fry for 8 minutes / varoma / speed 1.
- Add the tomatoes and tomato paste and cook for 4 minutes / 100°C / speed 1.
- Stir the bottom of your bowl with a spatula.
- Add the drained rice, salt, paprika powder, Ajvar, peas and water and mix well with the spatula and put on the Rice Cooking function and turn the dial to cook.
- Serve the Djuvec rice as a side dish.
Recipe: Danielle Houtsch
Photo: Marc Dostert
