Gino D’acampo makes meatballs American style to celebrate President Obama’s birthday on Let’s Do Lunch with Melanie Sykes.
The ingredients are: 300g strong bread flour, 1 tsp salt, 1 tbsp caster sugar, 1 tbsp olive oil, 3g dried yeast and About 200ml warm milk.
For the tomato ketchup: 1 red onion, finely chopped, 1 bulb of fennel chopped, 2 tbsp olive oil, 700ml bottle passata, 100g brown sugar and 100ml red wine vinegar.
For the meatballs: 500g minced beef, 25g fresh breadcrumbs soaked in 2 tbsp milk, 1 tbsp chopped parsley, 2 clove garlic, crushed and 50g grated mozzarella.