Meatloaf has long been a facvorite of mine and many others. The beauty of ground meat, bread crumbs, and eggs baked in the oven is enhanced many differnt ways by may different folks. I have made this receipe a few times now to rave reviews.
Start with a basic meatloaf mix:
Ingredients
- 2 pounds Ground Meat (Beef or a mix of beef, pork, and veal)
- 3 large eggs lightly beaten
- 1/4 cup chopped onions
- 1 ½ cups breadcrumbs
- 8 oz. canned tomato puree
- Salt, pepper, garlic powder to taste.
Directions
- Prepare a pyrex baking pan by coating with EVO.
- Preheat oven to 475 F.
- Mix meat, vegetables, eggs, 8 0z. puree, and 1 ½ cup breadcrumbs in bowl and knead.
- Form mixture into meatloaf, or two meatloaves, and roll with excess breadcrumbs.
- Prepare baking pan with EVO.
- Place loaf or loaves in a baking pan and surround with peeled white potatoes cut to about 1 ½ inch cubes.
- Drizzle potatoes with EVO and season with salt, pepper, and garlic powder.
- Gouge a canal in top of each loaf almost as long as the loaf and about ¾ of the depth of the loaf.
- Fill this with the remaining 8 oz. tomato puree and smooth with spoon.
- Cover with foil and bake about 45 minutes.
- Uncover and bake about 15 minutes more.
- Serve with potatoes and vegetable of your choice.