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Chevapi are a speciality of oriental cuisine, made from minced meat and usually shaped as a small meat patty or mini sausage. They are tastiest when prepared on the BBQ, however even an ordinary pan can help create this delicious recipe. Serve on a Turkish bread roll accompanied with tomato sauce or yoghurt.

Ingredients

Chevapi:
30 g day old bread
50 ml water
750 g minced veal (or lamb)
100 g onion, chopped
1 egg
1 tablespoon Vegeta Beef Stock Powder
2 Turkish bread rolls
Sauce:
600 g tomato
400 g canned tomato
1 teaspoon sugar
pepper
1 teaspoon Vegeta Beef Stock Powder
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 tablespoon chopped basil
Serving:
400 ml yoghurt

We used

Vegeta Stock Powder

Vegeta Stock Powder

Preparation For this recipe you only need imagination!

Medium complexity 6 Persons50 min

  • 1 Moisten the bread with about 50 ml water, let sit for about a minute and then squeeze out all the water.
  • 2 Place the meat in a deeper pan and add onion, egg and moistened bread. Add in the Vegeta Beef Stock Powder and mix well.
  • 3 From the mixture make chevapi shapes (either in small round, flat patties or small sausage shapes) and cook on the hot BBQ or in a pan with no oil.
  • 4 While this is cooking, prepare the tomato sauce.
  • 5 Tomato sauce: peel the tomatoes (if using fresh), remove the seeds and cut into small cubes.
  • 6 In hot oil cook the tomato, add in sugar, pepper and Vegeta Beef Stock Powder and braise for 15 minutes, until it thickens.
  • 7 Bread: warm up the bread rolls in the oven (or on a BBQ) and place on a larger plate, then top with chevapi.

Serving

Serve hot with salad and the prepared tomato sauce.

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