Karađorđeva Šnicla Recipe – Serbian Rolled Schnitzel

Ingredients

• 🐖/🐄 Veal or pork cutlets, pounded 3–4 mm: 4 pieces (600 g / 1.3 lb)
• 🧂 Salt: to taste (≈6 g / 1 tsp)
• ⚫ Black pepper: ½ tsp (1 g / 0.04 oz)
• 🧀 Kajmak (or cream cheese + 1 tbsp sour cream): 150 g (½ cup / 5.3 oz)
• 🫓 Thin ham slices (optional): 80 g (4–6 slices / 2.8 oz)
• 🫑 Ajvar (optional, thin layer): 30 g (2 tbsp / 1.1 oz)
• 🍋 Lemon wedges, to serve: 1–2
• Breading & fry
• 🌾 All-purpose flour: 60 g (½ cup / 2.1 oz)
• 🥚 Eggs, beaten: 2 large (≈100 g / 3.5 oz)
• 🧂 Pinch of salt for eggs: 1 g (⅙ tsp / 0.04 oz)
• 🍞 Fine breadcrumbs (or panko): 120 g (2 cups / 4.2 oz)
• 🫗 Neutral oil for shallow frying: 400–500 ml (1¾–2 cups / 14–17 fl oz)
• Sides (optional)
• 🍟 Fries or mashed potatoes: as needed
• 🥒 Tartare sauce or lemon-garlic yogurt: to taste