Finely dice the onion and sweat with a small knob of butter in a saucepan.

Once soft to the bite add your minced garlic and cook for 1 minute.

Then add your tomato puree and cook for a further 1 minute.

Then add your chopped tomatoes and wine and bubble away for 30 minutes.

Use to hand blender to bits until smooth and then fold through the fresh basil.

Mix all the ingredients for the meatballs and use to hands to mix well.

Top tip. Take a small portion of the meatball mix and fry in a frying pan. Once cooked taste to check for seasoning. If its under seasoned add extra salt. However if its over seasoned you can add more minced beef.

Once happy with the seasoning you can shape your meatballs.

Once shapes fry in a hot frying pan until golden brown on each side. Add the meatballs to the sauce to to finish the cooking. Simmer for 5 minutes in the sauce.

To assemble the sandwich. Layer the meatballs and the sauce onto the bread and add some fresh basil and mozzarella cheese. Place under a hot grill to toast the bread and melt the cheese.

Enjoy!