Author: Dackel Princess

Maribeth’s Marvelous Meatloaf

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F

Ingredients:

• 1 lb hamburger
• 1 lb ground pork 1 egg
• 1 tbs olive oil
• ½ onion finely diced
• ¼ cup finely diced green pepper
• ¼ cup finely diced red pepper.
• 2 tsp Cumin
• 2 tbs spicy mustard
• 3 sliced Italian bread
• water
• ½ cup dry Italian bread crumbs. (you may need slightly more) 3 slices of bacon

Directions:

• First take the 3 slices of Italian bread and place in large bowl. Add as much water as it takes to cover them.

• Meanwhile, in saute pan using 1 tbs olive oil, saute onions, and peppers until the onions are translucent. Set aside to cool.

• In separate bowl, beat egg, Cumin, and mustard until well mixed. Set aside.

• Take Italian bread and squeeze out all the water and pour all the water out of the large mixing bowl.

• Add ground beef and ground pork.

• Add soggy bread that you have mashed up.

• Add the egg mixture

• Add cooled onion and pepper mixture.

• Mix thoroughly with your hands. Add the dry bread crumbs and mix well. You may need slightly more or less. Make sure mixture is well mixed and evenly mixed.

• Place in large loaf pan sprayed with PAM.

• Place bacon over the top lengthwise. Tuck edges down the side of the meatloaf.

• Place in 375 degree oven and bake for 1 hour.

• Turn heat up to 400 degrees and cook for 15 more minutes.

• Remove from stove. Allow to rest for 5-10 minutes.

• Carefully place on platter. Slice into potion size as needed.

• Serve with a salad, mashed potatoes and gravy.

• Makes great sandwiches the next day!

A quick and easy dinner that everyone will love.

MEAT MIXTURE
1 pound Lean Ground Beef
1 tsp butter
1/2 small onion diced
1/2 cup Seasoned Breadcrumbs
2 teaspoons Dry Mustard
1 cube Beef Bouillon, Crumbed (or Powdered Beef Base)
4 dashes Worcestershire Sauce
1 Tablespoon Ketchup
Salt And Pepper
Gravy
1 whole Onion, halved or quartered and thinly sliced
2 cups Beef Broth
4 dashes Worcestershire (additional)
1 Tablespoon Ketchup (additional)
1 teaspoon Kitchen Bouquet (optional)
1 teaspoon Corn Starch Mixed With A Little Beef Broth To Make A Thin Paste
Salt And Pepper, to taste
More Broth If Needed For Thinning
Mashed Potatoes, For Serving
Buttered Peas, For Serving
1 Tablespoon Olive Oil, For Frying
1 Tablespoon Butter, For Frying

Preparation Instructions:

Cook onion in 1 tsp butter until soft and translucent. Cool.
Combine all the ingredients for the meat mixture and knead until all combined. Form into 4 to 6 oval patties, then make lines across the patties to give them a “steak” appearance.

Fry in a skillet with oil and butter over medium-high heat on both sides until no longer pink in the middle. Remove from the pan and pour off excess grease.

Reduce the heat to medium and add in the sliced onions. Stir and cook for several minutes, or until golden brown and somewhat soft. Add the beef stock, Worcestershire, and ketchup. Stir and cook to reduce.

OPTIONAL: Add Kitchen Bouquet, which will give the gravy a deeper color and a bit more flavor.

OPTIONAL: Add 1 to 2 teaspoons of the cornstarch/broth mixture to give the gravy a little gloss and to thicken it up a bit without lightening it (as flour would.)

Return the steaks to the gravy. Spoon gravy over the top and let them simmer and heat back up for a couple of minutes.

Serve with mashed potatoes and peas!