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A close up of meatballs, chunks of crispy garlic bread topped with cheese in an oven tray.

Meatball And Garlic Bread Traybake

5 from 3 votes
A super tasty and hearty dinner that all of the family can enjoy. Quick enough to make midweek.
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Prep Time 10 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Servings: 4
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 500 g lean beef mince
  • 3 garlic cloves crushed  or 3 tsp of garlic puree
  • 1 large onion chopped
  • 2 x 400 g tins of chopped tomatoes
  • 150 g mozzarella
  • 1 ½ tbsp olive oil
  • 1 tsp dried oregano
  • 1 tsp sugar
  • 4 garlic breadsticks/slices torn up into small chunks
  • 1 tbsp tomato puree
  • Mature cheddar for topping
  • Spaghetti to serve

Method
 

  1. Mix the mince, oregano and a little seasoning in a bowl. Roll individual meatballs roughly 1 1/2 inches in size.Heat half of the oil in a large pan and brown off the meatballs. Once the outside is brown, transfer your batch to a plate.Now pre-heat your oven to 200℃/fan assisted 180℃/gas 6 and get your choice of shallow oven tray ready
  2. Heat up the rest of the oil in the pan and add the onion. Cook until soft, stirring regularly for about 8 minutes. Now add the garlic, tomato puree, sugar and chopped tomatoes.
  3. Let the mixture simmer for 10 minutes and season if you wish. Transfer the mixture to your oven proof tray and place your meatballs on top. Now top with chunks of mozzarella, tear your breadsticks up into chunks and add those too. Finally, top everything with cheddar.Bake for 15-20 minutes until golden.
    Serve with spaghetti.