Serbian Burger – Pljeskavica

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Gurmanska Pljeskavica – is a Serbian burger, cooked on coals with secret ingredient, which is Exploding meat flavor, achieved by special meat fermentation technique! 100% free-range beef, cooked on coal, there is just no better thing to put between crusty homemade Serbian bread with a special sauce! Such a perfection, yum!

You will need this ingredients:

Meat:

400g free range beef mince
1 tsp. baking soda
1 tsp. salt
70g homemade Serbian bacon
70g homemade Serbian cheese
1 tsp. hot homemade paprika
2 tbsp. onions, diced

Bread dip sauce:

1 tsp. mangalitsa fat
2 tbsp. chicken (or beef) soup
1/2 tsp. hot homemade paprika
1/3 tsp. white pepper

For serving:

1 Serbian somun bread
1 tbsp. young homemade Serbian kajmak

Steps:

First of all, we have to prepare our meat. It’s fermentation period can be from 2 days to 30 days, which is better of course.

Meat fermentation:

Mix 400g free ranged beef mince with 1 tps. baking soda and 1 tsp. salt.
Knead the meat.
Cover with towel and left it somewhere in the dark place for 2-30 days. Knead it every day.

Patty:

Prepare your fermented meat.
Slice and dice 70g homemade Serbian bacon(you can replace it with regular bacon, but taste won’t be the same), add it into the mass.
Slice and add in the mass 70g homemade Serbian cheese(also you can replace it with regular cheese, but remember about the taste).
Add 1 tsp. hot homemade paprika.
Add 2 tbsp. diced onions.
Knead again.
Cover with towel and let it rest for a while.

Bread dip sauce:

Preheat your pan on low fire.
Add 1 tbsp. mangalitsa fat.
Add 2 tbsp. chicken (or beef) soup.
Stir it well.
Add 1/2 tsp. homemade paprika.
Add 1/3 tsp. white pepper.
Stir and mix it well.
Cut Serbian somun bread in halfs.
Dip both halfs in the sauce.

Time to grill our meat:

Cover your barbecue and cutting board(do not forget that our boards makes everything taste better) with oil.
Take out your rested meat and form a patty.
Grill 3-5 min on each side.
Grill buns for 1 min.

Serving: