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Ćevapčići (cevapcici)

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Ćevapčići (cevapcici)

Ćevapčići (formal diminutive) or Ćevapi in some regions, is a Balkan dish of grilled minced meat, of oriental origin, found in the countries of the Former Yugoslavia. Ćevapčići (cevapcici) in Croatia They are also widespread in the Italian provinces of Trieste, Gorizia, and, to some extent, in that one of Udine. They may be served on a plate or in a flatbread (lepinja or somun), often with chopped onions, sour cream, kajmak, ajvar, cottage cheese, and so on.

Croatian Ćevapčići are made both of beef and pork meat, they look like cylindrical meatballs of a couple of centimeters diameter and 7/8 centimeters long, finely chopped onions, pepper and sweet paprika. Serbian ćevapčići from Leskovac are made of beef (usually of three mixed types of cuts) and served on a plate with a lepinja.

Etymology

The word comes from the Arabic kebab, sometimes with the South Slavic diminutive ending -čići.
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