for 4 person

Mince

	clarified butter, for frying
500 g	minced meat (beef)
1 tsp	salt
¼ tsp	pepper
1	red onion, finely chopped
1	carrot, cut into cubes
1	garlic clove, squeezed
2 dl	meat bouillon
80 g	ketchup
2 tbsp	BBQ sauce
2 tbsp	tomato puree
1 tbsp	apple vinegar
½ tsp	smoked paprika

Sloppy Joe

4	burger buns, cut open
100 g	mild Gruyère, coarsely grated
2	gherkins, sliced lengthwise

How it's done

Mince

Heat the clarified butter in a frying pan. Brown the meat in two batches for approx. 2 mins. each. Remove from the pan, season, reduce the heat, wipe the cooking fat from the pan, add a dash more clarified butter if necessary. Sauté the onion, carrot and garlic in the same pan for approx. 5 mins. Pour in the stock and bring to the boil. Reduce the heat, add the ketchup, BBQ sauce, tomato puree, vinegar and paprika together with the meat, mix, simmer for approx. 10 mins.

Sloppy Joe

Toast the burger buns (cut side down) in a frying pan for approx. 1 min. Remove from the pan, place the meat, cheese and gherkins on the bottom half of the buns, cover with the top half, press down gently.

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