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Meat Loaf

Beef

Jay

2/7/2008

Rating:

(5.0) by 1 users

Ingredients:

Tomato Relish:
1 onion, finely diced
2 garlic cloves, minced
2 bay leaves
2 red bell peppers, cored, seeded and finely diced
2 tomatoes, halved, seeded and finely diced
1/4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley
1 (12-ounce) bottle ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
Extra-virgin olive oil

Meatloaf:
1 pound ground beef
1 pound ground pork
3 eggs
Leaves from 2 fresh thyme sprigs
3 slices white bread, crusts removed and torn into pieces
1/2 cup whole milk
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions:

Preheat the oven to 350� F.

Coat a skillet with a 2-count of oil and place over medium heat. Saut�he onion, garlic and bay leaves for a few minutes to create a base flavor. Throw in the red peppers and cook them for a couple of minutes to soften. Now add the tomatoes; adding them at this point lets them hold their shape and prevents them from disintegrating. Stir in the parsley, ketchup and Worcestershire; season with salt and pepper. Simmer the relish for 10 minutes to pull all the flavors together. Remove it from the heat; you should have about 4 cups of relish.

In a large mixing bowl soak the bread pieces in the whole milk. Set aside. In a separate large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef with the ground pork and mix well. Squeeze out the milk from the bread and add the bread to mixing bowl. Add the eggs, 1 cup of the tomato relish, and thyme; season with salt and pepper. Mix well with hands. To test, fry a small "hamburger" patty of the meatloaf until cooked; the patty should hold together but still have a soft consistency. Taste the patty for seasoning.

Take a small baking tray and line with parchment paper. Form the meat into a loaf shape on the tray and top with another 1/2 cup of the tomato relish.

Bake the meatloaf for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until the juices run clear and meat is tender -- it should spring back lightly when pressed. Remove the meatloaf from the oven and let it cool a bit before slicing. Serve with the remaining tomato relish on the side.

04/24/08 I really liked this & I think Jay did, too.
I halved it & it still was a lot of meat. Also, it was too runny to form a loaf so I added oatmeal until it was managable. I only used 1/4 cup red pepper. It took less time to bake but the parchment paper saved it from burning. (I set the oven timer for 1 hour.)

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