Sloppy joes

Sweet and tangy saucy mince piled into toasted buns. Messy, cheap and gone in minutes.

Ingredients

• 15 ml Vegetable oil
• 1 Onions, finely chopped
• 1 Peppers, finely diced
• 500 g Beef mince
• 0.5 Garlic, about 3 cloves, crushed
• 5 g Smoked paprika
• 30 g Tomato purée
• 200 g Passata
• 60 g Ketchup
• 15 g Soft brown sugar
• 15 ml White wine vinegar
• 4 Burger buns
• 200 g Carrots, cut into sticks, to serve

Method

1. Heat the oil and cook the onion and pepper for 6 minutes until soft.
2. Add the mince and brown it for 8 minutes, breaking it up well.
3. Stir in the garlic, paprika and tomato purée for 1 minute. Add the passata, ketchup, sugar, vinegar and 100ml of water.
4. Simmer for 12 minutes, stirring now and then, until thick and sticky.
5. Split and toast the buns. Spoon the mince generously into each bun and serve with carrot sticks.