Voila...Cevapcici in a Jiffy!

Yeah, we know. Cevapcici...IGEN! A lotta people in school and at work know that we love those meat rolls and what better way to have lunch than to eat your favorite food fried in different mixes and spices!? Okay, here's what the jiffy in the title means:

Ingredients

Cevapcici

Couscous

Creme Fraiche

Sta. Maria Pepper Mix

Black Pepper

Lök Pulver or Onion Powder

Lemon

Directions

1. Medium fire, fry the meat rolls on the pan. No need for butter because Cevapcici rolls are oily enough on its own.
2. When the meat rolls start to smell good, put all the spices in. I did not measure how much but you will figure out when you start imagining the taste in your mouth just by smelling them.
3. Prepare the couscous. The latest one we bought was Couscous Klassisk by Druvan.
• Boil 2.5 dl water (1 dl = 100ml) in a pan.
• When the water starts to boil, remove pan from heat and pour 3 dl of couscous into it. Continue stirring until they swell.
• We usually do not add anything else, but eHow has another way of cooking couscous, follow this link: http://www.ehow.com/how_2042931_cook-couscous.html

Serve cevapcici with couscous on a plate. Add a spoon or two of Creme Fraiche and squeeze lemon on it. 

Availability of Ingredients

• Sour cream can be used in place of Creme Fraiche when it comes to texture and density, but tastes a bit different and stronger too. Amount to be added depends on your taste.
• Rice or any kind of pasta you prefer can be used insteady of Couscous, but in this case, we recommend mashed potatoes.
• Cevapcici are rolls of grinded meat found (as far as we know) only found in Lidl, a german grocery chain that has hundreds of stores in Sweden by now. If you can not find any alternative to them just make your own with the same base recipe as swedish meatballs (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10365/classic-swedish-meatballs) and make rolls of it.

Tikka Massala with Pomodoro and Sun Dried Tomatoes

Ingredients

Let's eat!

Ingredients

Cevapcici

Chorizo

Sundried Tomatoes

Pomodoro (version of bolognese pasta sauce)

Tikka Masala Spice Mix

Creme Fraiche

Couscous

Directions

 

To make things "easier", let the cevapcici unfreeze some before starting to cook 

1. Chop cevapcici and prefry it
2. Add sliced chorizo
3. When the meats have gained the right color and are cooked, add pomodoro and lower the temperature on the stove.
4. Season with tikka masala
5. Simmer so the flavours are released and mixed
6. Add just about enough Creme Fraiche that the casserole don't change in colour too much.
7. Chop sundried tomatoes and mix them in.

You may also add chopped fresh tomatoes to this dish if you want, since it will really add a freshness to it.

Serve with couscous and vegetables of your own choice.

Additional creme fraiche on top for visuals, and as condiment

Availability of Ingredients

• Cevapcici are rolls of grinded meat found (as far as we know) only found in Lidl, a german grocery chain that has hundreds of stores in Sweden by now. If you can not find any alternative to them just make your own with the same base recipe as swedish meatballs (http://www.bbcgoodfood.com/recipes/10365/classic-swedish-meatballs) and make rolls of it.
• Sour cream can be used in place of Creme Fraiche when it comes to texture and density, but tastes a bit different and stronger too. Amount to be added depends on your taste.
• Rice or any kind of pasta (recommended is risoni, riceshaped pasta) you prefer can be used insteady of Couscous.
• Tikka Masala Spice Mix can probably be found just about anywhere, but to make your own version just use; Red Chilli, Coriander, Tumeric, Cumin Seeds, Caraway Seeds, Black Pepper, Green Cardamom, Dried Mango, Dried Garlic, Dried Ginger, Tartaric acid, Salt

Italian Casserole

Ingredients lined up

Done cooking

Ingredients

Meatballs

Sundried tomatoes

Mild tomatosoup

Fresh paprika/tomato fettucini

Creme Fraiche

Directions

1. Save the pasta for last since fresh pasta only takes about 2-3min to be done.
2. Start by cutting the meatballs in half and fry them.
3. Add chopped sundried tomatoes and stir around in the pan until it's evenly warm.
4. Boil water for the pasta.
5. Pour one pack of soup in the pan and let simmer for a while when the pasta is cooking.
6. When that is done, add creme fraiche  and pasta in the pan and mix it all together.
7. Let it simmer for awhile.

To add more freshness to the casserole, add sliced cherry tomatoes.

Availability of Ingredients

• Sour cream can be used in place of Creme Fraiche when it comes to texture and density, but tastes a bit different and stronger too. Amount to be added depends on your taste.
• Kelda is our favorite brand of soups (and the only one we noticed producing tomato soup). If this brand is unavailable in your area (like the Philippines), try this one we found on JamieOlver.com on home made tomato soup: http://www.jamieoliver.com/recipes/vegeterian-recipes/tomato-soup