To serve, pile rocket and meatballs onto the sub roll bases with some sauce and top with a layer of grated mozzarella. Put under a hot grill to melt the cheese then add a few more basil leaves, put the sub tops on and serve.
Ingredients
- minced beef 250g
- minced pork 250g
- onion 1 small, grated
- garlic 1 clove, crushed
- parmesan grated to make 2 tbsp
- olive oil 1 tbsp
- basil chopped to make 2 tbsp, plus leaves to serve
- rocket 2 handfuls
- sub rolls 4, halved and toasted
- grated mozzarella a large handful
TOMATO SAUCE
- garlic ½ a clove, sliced
- olive oil
- chopped tomatoes 227g tin
- dried chilli flakes a pinch
- sugar 1 tsp
Method
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Step 1
Put the first five ingredients in a bowl. Season well and mix together with your hands. Form into 16 meatballs.
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Step 2
Fry in a large frying pan with the olive oil until browned all over, then scoop out onto a plate.
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Step 3
For the sauce, sizzle the sliced garlic in a little olive oil, in the same pan you fried the meatballs, then tip in the tomatoes, chilli flakes and sugar. Simmer for 5 minutes or until thickened.
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Step 4
Stir the meatballs into the sauce with the chopped basil and simmer for 10 minutes, turning them halfway.
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Step 5
To serve, pile rocket and meatballs onto the sub roll bases with some sauce and top with a layer of grated mozzarella. Put under a hot grill to melt the cheese then add a few more basil leaves, put the sub tops on and serve.
Nutritional Information
- Kcals 496
- Fat 27.3g
- Saturates 10.5g
- Carbs 26.6g
- Sugars 5.2g
- Fibre 2.4g
- Protein 34.8g
- Salt 0.9g
