Everyone loves meatballs!


Get your bibs out, it is meatballs and tomato sauce time. Everyone loves meatballs, but you’ll love them even better in a toasted Coupland’s Grain and Honey Roll. The perfect Saturday night dinner, so you can have a little bit of extra time relaxing.

This meatball sauce would be perfect on top of toasted Coupland’s Garlic Bread, and topped with delicious grilled cheese.

 

Serves 6

Ingredients

Meatballs

  • 250g beef mince
  • 250g pork mince
  • 1tsp garlic paste
  • 1 egg
  • 1tsp dijon mustard
  • Small handful coriander – chopped
  • 2tsp cumin powder
  • 1tsp ginger paste
  • 50g Coupland’s Breadcrumbs

Tomato Sauce

  • 500ml canned tomatoes
  • 4 fresh tomatoes – diced roughly
  • 1 onion – chopped
  • 2tbsp tomato paste
  • 1tsp dried oregano
  • 1 handful of basil – chopped

To Serve

  • Salt and pepper
  • Basil – chopped
  • 250g Anchor Sour Cream
  • 100g Mainland Smoked Cheddar Cheese
  • 5 Coupland’s Grain and Honey Rolls – halved and toasted

 

Method
  1. Mix all meatball ingredients together and form 16 even meatballs, refrigerate for 30 minutes.
  2. For the tomato sauce, saute’ the onions until soft, then add remaining sauce ingredients into a pot and simmer for 30 minutes until thickened and seasoned well.
  3. Shallow fry meatballs in a little oil until golden brown.
  4. Add the meatballs to the pot of sauce and continue to low simmer until cooked.
  5. To assemble the subs, place 2 slices of smoked cheddar cheese inside each long bun, top with 4 meatballs including plenty of sauce.
  6. Add a dollop of sour cream, and sprinkle with chopped basil.
  7. Serve hot.

 

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Looking for other great Coupland’s inspired dinner ideas?  Check out our Smoked Cheddar Burger or Hot Dog recipes!