I noticed a Mary Berry recipe for meatloaf that was
quite different from anything I've done before.
This
is a link to a version of her recipe on another blog.
Of course I didn't follow it exactly – I didn't have
bacon rashers only bacon bits so that affected things.
It turned out ok – maybe a tad bland for our taste –
and didn't slice well… but will be worth working on further.
Ingredients:
500g beef mince
1 can of chopped tomatoes (I used about ¾ of it)
1 cup of breadcrumbs (instead of herbed stuffing mix)
½ red onion, chopped
¾ carrot grated
2 Brussel sprouts, sliced (leave out next time?)
No garlic or parsley
1 egg, beaten (next time 2?)
1 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Salt and black pepper
Bacon pieces
Method:
Preheat your oven to about 200C
Mix everything except the bacon together in a bowl
Line a loaf pan with the bacon – I could only put it in
the bottom of the pan and a bit up the sides – no delicate overlapping
possible.
Fill the loaf pan with the meat mix – I pushed it in
and then put cling film on top and cans on top of that – trying to weight it
down.
Turn out into a roasting pan and roast for 1 hour.
I forgot to give it another 15 minutes on a bit higher
heat – maybe that would have firmed it up!
The addition of the chopped tomatoes didn't make it too
sloppy so I'll be doing that again.
This is what it looked like going into the oven. Sorry about the quality of the pics – taken with
the lights on in the evening – not the best.
Not crazy about meatloaf. But this does peek my interest!
ReplyDeleteBummer that this came out bland. It looks really good, though.
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