Meatballs

Messy meatball buns

With pesto, mozzarella & tomato sauce for dunking

Meatballs

21 mins

Not Too Tricky

makes 4

About the recipe

These 5-ingredient meatball buns are delicious – and perfect for encouraging little ones to get hands-on in the kitchen.


nutrition per serving

495

Calories


24g

Fat


8.5g

Saturates


5.8g

Sugars


2g

Salt


35.5g

Protein


35.5g

Carbs


2.4g

Fibre


of an adult’s reference intake


Recipe From

5 Ingredients – Quick & Easy Food

5 Ingredients – Quick & Easy Food

By Jamie Oliver

Ingredients

400g lean minced beef

8 heaped teaspoons green pesto

1 x 400g tin of plum tomatoes

1 x 125g ball of mozzarella

4 soft burger buns

Method

  1. Use your clean hands to scrunch the minced beef with half the pesto and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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.
  5. Meanwhile, warm your buns in a large dry non-stick frying pan or in the oven on a low heat.
  6. 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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