Messy Meatball Buns
Another one of Jamie Oliver’s brilliant 5 ingredient recipes packed full of flavor. Mixing pesto into the beef is pure genius, as it’s filled with all sorts of goodies. But hear this…this shit is messy. You’re going to be slurping up the juicy tomato sauce goodness that you should be dipping these in. But they’re fun, they’re easy and most of all, super tasty.
Serving Size: 4 servings
Messy Meatball Buns
So fun, so simple and soooo good.
Prep time: 15 MinCook time: 15 MinTotal time: 30 Min
Ingredients
- 1 lb. lean ground beef
- 8 heaping teaspoons green pesto, divided
- 1 can of plum tomatoes
- 1 ball of fresh mozzarella
- 4 soft burger buns
Instructions
- 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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