Serbia

Pljeskavica

Name: Pljeskavica
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Serbian
Ingredients: 400 g beef mince minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema); 200 g pork mince minced pork (pork mince, ground pork); 1 large: half grated half sliced onion; 2 cloves grated garlic; 1 1/2 tsp paprika; 1 tsp black pepper; Salt, to taste; 4 lepinja or thick flatbreads pita bread; Cream cheese, kajmak or cream cheese; Tomato, sliced

A huge Balkan patty grilled over coals, stuffed into lepinja with kajmak and onion. Big flavour, bigger size.

40 minTime

35 gProtein each

mediumSpice

Balkan burger2 chapters · 1 min read

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Grandma's waySerbian grilled meat patty in lepinja.

The original

679kcalsame

35 gproteinsame

3 gfibresame

40minutessame

Pljeskavica.

Per serving, worked out from the ingredient table.

Ingredients

Minced beef (beef mince, beef or buff keema)400 g beef mince

Minced pork (pork mince, ground pork)200 g pork mince

Onion1 large: half grated, half sliced

Garlic2 cloves, grated

Paprika1½ tsp

Black pepper1 tsp

Saltto taste

Pita bread4 lepinja or thick flatbreads

Cream cheesekajmak or cream cheese

Tomatosliced

Method

4 steps

1Mix meats, grated onion, garlic, paprika, salt, pepper and a splash of cold water. Knead well and rest 1 hour.
2Shape into large thin patties, about 1 cm thick.
3Grill over hot coals or a grill pan for 4 to 5 minutes a side.
4Warm the lepinja on the grill, spread with kajmak, add patty, onion and tomato.

Serve it like this

Fold into warm lepinja with kajmak, raw onion and tomato, or plate with ajvar, onion and fries.

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Pljeskavica

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