Meatball Baked Bean and Potato Waffle Pie
This 5 minute-prep, 5 ingredient, subtly smokey meatball and baked bean pie is topped with shop-bought potato waffles for a super low effort weeknight fix the whole family will love.
Equipment
- Large oven-proof dish approx 35cm x 25cm
- Spoon
Ingredients
- 24 pack meatballs (not mini)
- 615 g baked beans (1 x 415g + 1 x 200g tins)
- 400 g tinned chopped tomatoes (or diced / crushed tomatoes US)
- 1 tablespoon smoked paprika
- Salt & black pepper to taste
- 8 Bird’s Eye Potato Waffles see notes
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 220ºc/200ºc fan/425ºf/gas 7.
- Add the tinned tomatoes, baked beans, paprika, salt & pepper to a large oven proof dish (mine is 35cm x 25cm) and give it all a good stir.
- Add in the meatballs in an even layer.
- Top with an even layer of the potato waffles and transfer to the oven. Bake for 35 minutes, or until the waffles are golden and the meatballs are cooked through.
Notes
If you are a potato loving family, I recommend you cook a few more separately as per packet instructions.
Baby & Toddler
Hold back on the salt. You can switch to no-added sugar baked beans. Don’t worry about the paprika, it doesn’t make the meal spicy.
BABY-LED WEANING
6-8 Months cut their meatballs into strips or eighths. Smash down large chunks of tomato with a fork and flatten their beans. Cut their potato waffles in half lengthways. 9-11 Months break up or smash down their meatballs with the back of a fork. Smash down large chunks of tomato with a fork and flatten their beans. Cut their potato waffles in half lengthways. 12 Months + chop their meatballs into bite-size pieces. Smash large chunks of tomato down with a fork but their beans can be left whole now. Cut their potato waffles into bite-size pieces.SPOON FED-WEANING
6 months roughly chop their meatballs and purée along with some beans and tomato. Add a little warm boiled water to loosen as needed. Serve with the potato waffles sliced in half lengthways. 7-9 months roughly chop meatballs and finely chop in food chopper along with some beans and tomatoes. Add a little warm no or low-salt beef stock or warm boiled water as needed. Serve with the potato waffles sliced in half lengthways. 10-12 months gradually pulse meatballs, beans and tomato sauce to your food chopper pot until lumpy with small meatball pieces. To loosen, add a little warm no or low-salt beef stock. Serve with the potato waffles sliced in half lengthways. Toddlers chop their meatballs into bite-size pieces. Large chunks of tomato can be smashed down with a fork but their beans can be left whole now. Cut their potato waffles into bite-size pieces.YOUNGER CHILDREN & FUSSY EATERS
If eating with a younger child or fussy eater who doesn’t like chunks of tomato you can use the same weight in passata (or tomato puree in US).
STORAGE
Store leftovers in an air-tight container in the fridge for up to 3 days (cook day + 2). You can also freeze them, defrost for 24 hours in the fridge and reheat until steaming hot all the way through. If you want the potato waffles to remain crispy, you’ll need to heat the leftovers in the oven, not the microwave.
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