Grill & BBQ
Pljeskavica in lepinja – without cheese filling
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A wide, flat grilled patty of beef, pork and onion in warm flatbread. This plain home version is deliberately distinct from Sven’s existing BBQ cheese variant. It makes no claim to protected Leskovac origin.
Timing
- Preparation: about 25 minutes
- Chilling: 60 minutes
- Grilling: about 15 minutes including bread
- Total time: about 1 hour 40 minutes
Estimated nutrition
per serving · Calculated for 4 servings.
- Energy
- ≈ 730 kcal
- Protein
- ≈ 41.6 g
- Carbohydrates
- ≈ 51.1 g
- Fat
- ≈ 38.8 g
The nutrition values are estimates based on the ingredients and quantities used. Actual values may vary depending on the product, portion size and preparation.
Calculation basis
Item weights and household measures are estimated. Unless specified: milk with 1.5% fat, cream with 30% fat and Gouda cheese. Optional ingredients, small amounts of seasoning and separately listed side dishes are excluded. For imprecise entries, the amounts below and comparable reference products are assumed. For alternatives, the first listed ingredient is used. Cooking losses have not been measured.
Includes 400 g minced beef, 300 g minced pork and 400 g wheat flatbread as a lepinja comparison. Ajvar and all onion are counted; cheese and BBQ sauce are not part of this version.
Paprikapulver (Matvaretabellen)
Quantity assumptions and ingredient mapping
- 400 g minced beef · ≈ 400.0 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 300 g minced pork · ≈ 300.0 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 180 g onion, 80 g for the mixture and 100 g for serving · ≈ 180.0 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 8 g garlic · ≈ 8.0 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 2 g sweet paprika · ≈ 2.0 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 50 ml cold sparkling water · ≈ 50.0 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 10 ml neutral oil · ≈ 9.1 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 4 lepinja flatbreads, about 400 g total · ≈ 400.0 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
- 100 g ajvar · ≈ 100.0 g · Assumed quantity / reference product
Matvaretabellen: Mattilsynet · Santa Maria
Food data: Max Rubner-Institut, BLS 4.0 (2025), CC BY 4.0. Calculated and rounded for this recipe. BLS 4.0 · CC BY 4.0
Ingredients
- 400 g minced beef
- 300 g minced pork
- 180 g onion, 80 g for the mixture and 100 g for serving
- 8 g garlic
- 10 g salt
- 2 g sweet paprika
- 1 g black pepper
- 50 ml cold sparkling water
- 10 ml neutral oil
- 4 lepinja flatbreads, about 400 g total
- 100 g ajvar
Instructions
- Finely chop 80 g onion and crush garlic. Knead with both meats, salt, paprika, pepper and sparkling water for about 5 minutes until bound. Cover and refrigerate for 60 minutes.
- Shape four wide patties about 1.2 cm thick, sealing edges carefully. Finely slice remaining onion. Lightly oil and preheat the grill or griddle.
- Grill over medium-high heat for about 5–6 minutes per side. Turn after a crust forms and do not press flat. Reach at least 70°C for 2 minutes in the centre, cooking longer if needed.
- Split and briefly warm breads. Fill each with one patty, raw onion and ajvar and serve warm.
Tips
- The flat shape is intentional and differs from a thick burger. This version has neither cheese filling nor BBQ sauce.
- All-beef is an identified meat alternative. Kajmak or extra salads may be served separately and are not counted.
