Cevapcici with Vegetable Sauce

Ingredients

• 3 Garlic cloves
• 500 g ground beef
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1.5 tsp sweet paprika powder
• 0.5 tsp hot paprika powder
• Salt
• ground pepper
• paprika peppers (½ small red, green and yellow each)
• 3 shallots
• 750 g tomatoes
• 3 tbsp olive oil

Instructions

1. 1.

   Peel 2 garlic cloves and press them into the ground beef in a bowl.

2. 2.

   With 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp water, both paprika varieties, salt, and pepper, knead into a smooth dough.

3. 3.

   Using wet hands, shape 16 small rolls of about 8 cm length.

4. 4.

   Wash, clean, halve, seed, remove all white membranes from the peppers and dice very finely.

5. 5.

   Peel and finely dice the shallots and remaining garlic.

6. 6.

   Blanch tomatoes, peel them, and cut into small cubes.

7. 7.

   Heat 2 tbsp oil in a pot and sauté the shallots over medium heat for 3 minutes.

8. 8.

   Add peppers, shallots, and garlic and sauté for another 2 minutes.

9. 9.

   Add tomatoes and simmer while stirring for 20 minutes. Season with salt and pepper.

10. 10.

    Heat a pan. Brush the cevapcici with a little oil and fry all around for 10 minutes.

11. 11.

    Serve with the paprika-tomato sauce.