These days simplicity is my priority. I love Jamie Oliver’s “5 Ingredients: Quick and Easy Food” cookbook for this reason — yummy, kid-friendly, simple meals. Enjoy this dish on a busy weeknight with a green salad on the side.
INGREDIENTS:
- 1 lb. lean minced beef
- 8 heaped teaspoons green pesto
- One 16oz tin of plum tomatoes
- One 4oz ball of mozzarella
- 4 soft burger buns
DIRECTIONS:
- 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 the tomato 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.