I hope there is no copyright infringement on that tagline because of Tyler Florence. You can see my GRE study book in the background of the picture! okay now onto the food.
So Jon (roommate mentioned many times in my food posts) doesn't like meatball subs because they make his bread soggy. He likes meatballs, and subs, just not together. I set out to change his mind.
The bread is fresh baked hoagie roll from Publix Supermarkets, and they are delicious. I don't really bake so....yeah. The meatballs are beef with an 80/20 fat ratio and they were roasted in the oven at 425 degrees until they are still pretty pink and soft in the middle.
2 lbs ground beef
2 eggs
bread crumbs to hold moisture
3 garlic cloves
salt, pepper
3/4 of one medium orange bell pepper finely diced.
The sauce was a pretty basic strained plum tomato and garlic sauce with beef stock. It was simmered with merlot and a little bit of (gasp! store bought) vodka sauce to thicken it. Then I put mozzarella chesse on the bread and put it under the broiler to the desired meltiness, braised the meatballs in the sauce to finish them and assembled the sandwich.
Finish the sandwich with some fresh basil. That leaf actually got sprinkled all over after the picture.
Call him a convert.
3 comments:
your food looks amazing and i'm ridiculously jealous of jon. haha... and thanks for pointing out the pear.. it's way funnier now.
-gi
That's a man's sub right there. Loaded with testosterone and construction workers.
yeah i got to admit, it was not soggy this time
it was delicious!
jm
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