Meatloaf
Scout has never had meatloaf. I’ve never made it. Never really have been a fan of it. Anyone have any good recipes for it?
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Ingredients
- 1 pound of meatloaf mix (1 part beef, 1 part pork, 1 part veal
- 1 large egg (or 2 small)
- 1 cup of breadcrumbs
- half a decently-sized onion, minced
- parsley, chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400.
- Mix everything in a bowl and form it into a log on a pan. If you you raise the loaf off the pan a bit with a backing rack and some tinfoil or something, all the better. but no worries if you can’t.
- Bake for 30 min or so, or until it looks done.
Suggestions
- You can make a nice glaze with some ketchup, hot sauce, brown sugar, oil or butter, and other various spices. Mix ‘em together and smear ’em on the meatloaf. It’ll be awesome.
- Don’t let the juice and fat and awesomeness that collects in the pan go to waste. After you take the meatloaf out, deglaze the pan with some beef stock or broth and boil it to reduce by half. Add some rosemary, bayleaf, salt and/or whole peppercorns for flavor. Add some flower or roux to thicken it up.
This is pretty much like the one I use. But my special twist is the berry glaze I use to coat it (no need for ketchup) — lemon juice, can of cranberry sauce
1 1/2 pounds ground beef (leaner is better)
• 1 cup 2% milk
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon dried sage
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper
• 2 cloves garlic, minced
• 1 small onion, finely chopped
• 1/2 cup dry bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup ketchup or barbecue sauce
Heidi, to make a bulleted list, start each line with an asterisk and a space.
Also, I could not disagree with heidi’s assertion that “leaner is better” when it comes to the ground beef. This could not be any further from the truth unless you like really dry meatloaf. Most meatloaf recipes, in fact, add the veal and pork to ADD more fat.
and obviously it must be accompanied by mashed potatoes.
we’re having it this week, I’m so psyched! I love living with my mom.
All the more reason to make the aforementioned gravy from the pan drippings.
Hutch, your “roux” link should have linked to the 3 Men, 6 Chickens post.
now i want mashed potatoes. I HATE BEING HUNGRY WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT FOOD. GODDAMMIT.
Also, if you can be sure to use pankow bread crumbs. I’ve made many, many meatloaf with both styles of breadcrumbs and the pankow are superior (as I think they are for most recipes.
put a hardboiled egg in the middle and some bacon on top!
yeah, my friends recipe calls for proscuitto on top. that shit is good. her meatloaf is the only meatloaf i like. im gonna try some of your recipes as well!
thanks everyone!
Prosciutto on top? Now that’s just cheating. Anything wrapped in/topped with prosciutto is instantly better.
squish it up with your fingers. squish squish squunch.
Ok, I’ll be honest, I don’t care what kind of meat concoction the loaf is made of. But I’ll eat anything covered in a berry glaze. Also, while volunteering at the women’s shelter last night, they had church women donate meat loaves. 12 different types. One had shredded carrots in it. Sick.