Meatball sandwich with pretzels, tomato sauce and double cheese

COOK TIME
60 mins

TOTAL TIME
60 mins

Ingredients

Directions

1. 1

   For the baguettes, mix yeast, 1-2 teaspoons salt and flour in a mixing bowl. Add 300 ml lukewarm water. Knead everything first with the dough hooks of the mixer,

2. 2

   Cover the dough with a clean tea towel and leave to rise in a warm place for about 1 hour until its volume has doubled.

3. 3

   Meanwhile, peel the onions and garlic for the mince. Chop the onions finely. Chop garlic finely. Put pretzels in a freezer bag and crumble them finely with a cake roll. Drain the mozzarella.

4. 4

   Cut only 1 mozzarella ball into about 20 cubes. Minced meat, pretzel crumbs, egg, 1⁄3 Put onions, garlic and mustard in a bowl and knead well. Season well with salt and pepper.

5. 5

   Shape approx. 20 meatballs from the chopping mass with moistened hands. Then press them flat, place 1 mozzarella cube in the middle of each and enclose with minced meat. Heat oil in a large pan with lid.

6. 6

   Fry the meatballs in it in 2-3 portions for about 5 minutes while turning. Take out. Steam the remaining onions in the frying fat. Deglaze with tomatoes, bring to the boil. Season to taste with salt, pepper, 1-2 tsp. chili flakes and 1-2 tsp. sugar.

7. 7

   Place the meatballs in the sauce, cover and stew for about 10 minutes. In the meantime, cut the remaining mozzarella and gouda into fine strips and mix together in a bowl. Remove the chopped tomato mix from the stove.

8. 8

   It's time for the baguette! Preheat oven (electric cooker: 200 °C/circulating air: 180 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Line baking tray with baking paper. Quarter the yeast dough. Form each quarter of dough into a 15-18 cm long baguette on a floured work surface.

9. 9

   Place the 4 baguettes side by side on the baking tray. Cover them and let them rise again for about 30 minutes in a warm place.

10. 10

    Bake baguettes in a hot oven for about 20 minutes. Take out, let cool slightly. Heat up the oven (electric cooker: 220 °C/circulating air: 200 °C/gas: see manufacturer). Cut open baguettes horizontally, flip open.

11. 11

    Spread about half the cheese on the cut surfaces of the upper baguette halves. Spread 3-4 meatballs with tomato sauce on the lower halves. Sprinkle with the rest of the cheese. Place all baguette halves on a baking tray and bake in a hot oven for about 5 minutes.

12. 12

    Wash the basil, shake dry, pluck the leaves from the stalks and pluck them roughly. Remove baguettes from the oven. Sprinkle Meatballs with basil. Place the cheese baguette lid on top of the meatball half.

13. 13

    Cut meatball sandwiches in half and serve with the rest of the meatballs. It's showtime!.