Messy meatball buns
With pesto, mozzarella & tomato sauce for dunking
Messy meatball buns
With pesto, mozzarella & tomato sauce for dunking
Makes 4
Cooks In21 minutes
DifficultyNot too tricky
Nutrition per serving
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Calories 495 25%
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Fat 24g 34%
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Saturates 8.5g 43%
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Sugars 5.8g 6%
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Salt 2g 33%
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Protein 35.5g 71%
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Carbs 35.5g 14%
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Fibre 2.4g -
Of an adult's reference intake
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Ingredients
- 400 g lean minced beef
- 8 heaped teaspoons green pesto
- 1 X 400 g tin of plum tomatoes
- 1 x 125 g ball of mozzarella
- 4 soft burger buns
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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.
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