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Old Fashioned Beef Meatloaf

Old Fashioned Beef Meatloaf

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Half-way through October, and I am eagerly waiting for the weather to cool down as I am craving comfort food.  I am hungry for thick squash-based soups and meaty stews that simmer all day on the stove.  As well, as roasted meats served alongside tender winter greens.  You know the kind of food I am talking about, the kind that makes you want to curl up on the couch with a big bowl of comfort.  I couldn’t wait any longer, so I got to work in the kitchen and began reinventing my grandma’s Old Fashioned Beef Meatloaf recipe.  It is a classic recipe that I have reinvented.  This recipe is perfect served with a big dollop of mashed potatoes, and a bottle of Francis Ford Coppola Diamond Collection Merlot.

Old Fashioned Beef Meatloaf

 

The Francis Ford Coppola Diamond Collection Merlot is a perfect everyday wine and it happens to pair very well with our meatloaf recipe.  When I first tried this bottle of Merlot, I instantly was taken back to a childhood memory of my grandfather’s vanilla tobacco pipe that he often smoked at the end of his day.  The vanilla is subtle enough to warm this berry forward wine.  Lenny said he tasted plums along with the vanilla, while I found hints of blackberries in my glass.  Both flavors complement the smokiness of the bacon and the spiciness of the chipotle sauce that I used in the recipe.

 

One of the first meals I served Lenny when we began dating was meatloaf.  I made it with all intentions of having leftovers.  It must have been great as he devoured the entire thing in one sitting.  My recipe hasn’t changed much over the years, and I am proud to say he still devours it.  

I am somewhat of a purist when it comes to meatloaf;  no carrots, celery, peas or cheese should be added to the mix.  Just good quality ground beef and pork, along with garlic, onions, and parsley.  My grandmother’s meatloaf was always simple, as well as moist and flavorful, and I have continued to make it almost the same all these years.  She would cover the top of the meatloaf with ketchup which was sweetened with brown sugar, just before placing it into the oven to cook.  Since we are watching our sugar intake, I use an unsweetened ketchup and add some spicy chipotle sauce to it before slathering the top of the meatloaf and baking.  Then I wrap it with strips of peppery bacon.  

Feel free to use whatever kind of ketchup as well as bacon, that you like, the recipe will still be comforting and delicious.

Recipe:  Old Fashioned Beef Meatloaf

Ingredients:

1 pound ground beef
1/2 pound ground pork
1/2 cup panko
1/2 large yellow onion, small dice
2 large cloves garlic, finely minced
1 egg
1/3 cup Italian parsley, finely minced
1 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 cup ketchup, I used unsweetened
1 tablespoon chipotle sauce
9 strips of bacon, I used peppered bacon

How To:

Preheat the oven to 350.
Lightly olive a baking sheet with some olive oil.
Mix together the ketchup and chipotle sauce in a small bowl. Set aside.
In a large mixing bowl mix together the beef, pork, panic, onion, garlic, egg, parsley, salt, and pepper. Form into a loaf and place onto the baking sheet.
Generously brush the top of the meatloaf with 1/4 of the ketchup sauce. Save the rest for serving.
Wrap the bacon strips around the meatloaf.
Place into the oven and bake 50 – 60 minutes, until the meat registers at 130. Remove from the oven and lightly cover with foil to bring the temperature to 140.
Bring the leftover ketchup to a simmer, then place into a serving bowl.
Slice the meatloaf and serve with the extra ketchup sauce.

 

Old Fashioned Beef Meatloaf

 

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shohab hossain

Wednesday 21st of October 2015

I love Beef. And I will sure show this my mom to make this for this. :)