Scrumptious “Meatball” Sloppy Joe

Scrumptious “Meatball” Sloppy Joe

Ingredients

  • 1 tablespoon Olive Oil
  • 2 sticks Carrots (Chopped)
  • 2 sticks Celery (Chopped)
  • 1 Medium Onion (Chopped)
  • Half teaspoon Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Nutmeg
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Cloves
  • 1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper
  • 1 bulb Garlic Coves (Crushed)
  • 250g Ground Beef
  • 1 teaspoon Brown Sugar
  • 1 tablespoon Tomato Ketchup
  • 1 tablespoon Tomato Puree
  • 2 tablespoons Cider Vinegar
  • Half tablespoon Wocestershire Sauce

Directions

Step 1
Heat olive oil in a large pan
Step 2
Add the carrots, celery and onions to the pan and stir then add salt which will help sweat the vegetables down for about 20mins so that they are softish
Step 3
Then add the nutmeg, ground cloves and cayenne pepper and crushed garlic and cook down
Step 4
Whilst the vegetables are sweating, add the ground beef to a dry pan (do not add any oil) and dry the beef in large lumps try and not break it down
Step 5
Once the minced beef is cooked in about 5-10mins, then add the fat juices, mince to the vegetable mix
Step 6
Then add 1 teaspoon of brown sugar and the ketchup, tomatoe puree, cider vinegar and Worcestershire sauce
Step 7
Mix all the ingredients and bring to the boil then lower the heat down and simmer for approx. 30mins
Step 8
To serve you can have two options, the traditional way of toasting some large bread buns then adding the sloppy joe on top and eating like a burger OR:
Step 9
add 300g of miniature baby potatoes to step 2 when you are sweating the vegetable down and you have a meal in itself