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Pljeskavica, pronounced plee-yes-kah-vee-tsah, is Serbia’s answer to the burger. Except bigger. Spicier. Juicier. And much more likely to make you wonder why you’ve been treating ground meat so gently your whole life. The name comes from pljesak, meaning to clap your hands, because you literally slap the meat into shape before grilling. No patty press. No delicate little burger puck. You slap it back and forth until it becomes a wide, thin, glorious Balkan meat disc. This is