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Meatball sub melts
- Preparation and cooking time
- Total time
- Easy
- Serves 4
Ingredients
- 250g minced beef
- 250g minced pork
- 1 small onion, grated
- 1 clove garlic, crushed
- grated to make 2 tbsp parmesan
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- chopped to make 2 tbsp basil, plus leaves to serve
- 2 handfuls rocket
- 4 sub rolls, halved and toasted
- a large handful grated mozzarella
TOMATO SAUCE
- ½ a clove garlic, sliced
- olive oil
- 227g tin chopped tomatoes
- a pinch dried chilli flakes
- 1 tsp sugar
Method
- STEP 1
Put the first five ingredients in a bowl. Season well and mix together with your hands. Form into 16 meatballs.
- STEP 2
Fry in a large frying pan with the olive oil until browned all over, then scoop out onto a plate.
- 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.
- STEP 4
Stir the meatballs into the sauce with the chopped basil and simmer for 10 minutes, turning them halfway.
- 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.
