Lamb sticks

Ingredients for 10 servings:

• 1,000 g minced lamb (max. 25% fat content)
• 2 eggs (size L)
• 4 small shallots
• 100 g breadcrumbs, fine
• ½ bunch mint, fresh
• 1 small chili pepper(s), hot, dried
• 1 sprig(s) rosemary
• 500 g yogurt
• 50 g almonds
• 5 tbsp honey
• salt and pepper
• 5 tbsp olive oil
• Olive oil for frying
• 1 lime(s)
• 3 tbsp vinegar (pomegranate vinegar)
• 3 dashes of Tabasco
• some mint for garnishing

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 30 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 30 minutes

with honey-mint yogurt sauce

For the lamb sticks, finely chop the shallots, rosemary, 2 sprigs of mint, and chili. Squeeze the juice of 1/2 a lime and add it to the minced lamb. Add the eggs, breadcrumbs, 3 tablespoons of olive oil, 2 tablespoons of honey, salt, and pepper (to taste), and mix well. Then form 20 cevapcici from the mixture and insert a wooden skewer into each one. Fry well in plenty of olive oil. For the honey-mint yogurt sauce, use a hand blender to blend the remaining mint leaves, the almonds, 2 tablespoons of olive oil, 3 tablespoons of honey, the pomegranate vinegar, the Tabasco, and the juice of the remaining lime half into a pesto. Then carefully fold the yogurt into the mint pesto. Arrange 2-3 lamb sticks on a plate with the mint sauce and a mint leaf and serve as an appetizer. Or serve as finger food.