Messy Meatball Buns
Jamie Oliver's recipe for Meatball Buns from the book of his Channel 4 series, Jamie's Quick & Easy Food, brings together great Italian flavours in a burger bun.
From the book
5 Ingredients Quick & Easy Food
It only takes 5 ingredients and less than 30 minutes
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Ingredients
| 400g | lean minced beef |
| 8 heaped tbsp | green pesto |
| 1 x 400g | tin of plum tomatoes |
| 1 x 250g | ball of mozarella |
| 4 | soft burger buns |
Method
Use your clean hands to scrunch the minced beef with half the pesto and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper. Split into 12 pieces and, with wet hands, roll into balls. Brown the balls all over in a non-stick frying pan on a high heat with 1 tablespoon of olive oil, shaking the pan regularly.
Once the balls are golden and gnarly, pour in the tomatoes, breaking them up with a wooden spoon, along with just a quarter of a tin’s worth of water. Bring to the boil, slice the mozzarella and lay over the balls, pop the lid on and leave to thicken for 5 minutes on a medium heat. Meanwhile, warm your buns in a large dry non-stick frying pan or in the oven on a low heat.
Split each bun and spread 1 heaped teaspoon of pesto inside. Divvy up the balls and mozzarella with a little sauce, serving the rest on the side for dunking.
CALORIES 495kcal FAT 24g SAT FAT 8.5g PROTEIN 35.5g CARBS 35.5g SUGAR 5.8g SALT 2g FIBRE 2.4g
5 Ingredients by Jamie Oliver is published by Penguin Random House ⓒ Jamie Oliver Enterprises Limited. Photographer: David Loftus
