Cookbook:Meatloaf Dinner
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Learn to enjoy it when you hear meatloaf is for dinner. Add mashed potatoes, gravy, and roast vegetables, and you've got a big plate of comfort.
Ingredients
[edit | edit source]Meatloaf
[edit | edit source]- ½ pound ground sirloin
- ½ pound ground chuck
- 6 ounces garlic croûtons, coarsely crushed
- 1 ½ tsp salt
- 1 ½ tsp freshly-ground black pepper
- ¼ cup ketchup
- ¼ cup Worcestershire sauce
- 1 ⅛ tsp red pepper flakes
- 1 egg, beaten
- 2 tsp rosemary, finely chopped
- 2 tbsp thyme, finely chopped
- 6 cloves garlic, smashed and chopped
- ½ large onion, diced
- 3 carrots, peeled and diced
- ½ red bell pepper, diced
- 4 strips thick cut bacon, cut into 6 pieces and crisp-cooked
- 2 tbsp bacon fat
Gravy
[edit | edit source]- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1 cup heavy cream
- Fond from meatloaf pan
- 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce
Mashed potatoes
[edit | edit source]- 1 ½ pounds Russet potatoes, peeled and cut into ½-inch dice
- 4 tbsp unsalted butter
- ¼ cup heavy cream
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp freshly-ground black pepper
- 1 egg yolk, beaten
Roast vegetables
[edit | edit source]- 4 large carrots, peeled and cut into 1½-inch pieces
- ½ cup olive oil
- Salt
- Freshly-ground black pepper
- 6 cloves garlic, smashed and finely chopped
- 1 large onion, wedged
- ½ each green bell pepper and red bell pepper, cut into 2½-inch strips
Procedure
[edit | edit source]Meatloaf
[edit | edit source]- Heat a large stainless steel straight-sided sauté pan over medium high heat.
- Add the bacon drippings, garlic, and vegetables. Sauté until vegetables are lightly browned around edges. Remove vegetables and set aside until cool.
- Mix remaining meatloaf ingredients and sautéed vegetables but leave out the bacon. Shape with a loaf pan and place on an ungreased, unlined baking pan.
- Insert a probe thermometer at a 45 degree angle into the center of the loaf. Bake the loaf at 325°F until internal temperature reaches 155°F.
- Keep warm on a different pan than the one you used to cook it.
Roast vegetables
[edit | edit source]- In a separate oven, prepare the vegetables. Toss the vegetables with olive oil and garlic. Sprinkle liberally with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Lay vegetables in a single layer on a half-sheet pan.
- Bake at 450°F, shaking the pan halfway, for about 25 minutes. Keep warm.
Gravy
[edit | edit source]- Heat meatloaf pan over medium-high heat on two burners.
- Whisk in flour and cook, whisking often, until blond.
- Deglaze pan with broth and boil until reduced by ⅔.
- Add cream and Worcestershire sauce, and reduce heat to below a simmer. Cook until slightly thickened and gravy coats the back of a spoon.
Mashed potatoes
[edit | edit source]- While broth for the gravy is reducing above, prepare the potatoes. Place potatoes in a medium saucepan and cover with cold water.
- Set over high heat, cover and bring to a boil. Once boiling, uncover, decrease the heat to maintain a simmer. Cook until tender and easily crushed with tongs, approximately 10–15 minutes.
- Place the half-and-half and butter into a microwave-safe container and heat in the microwave until warmed through, about 35 seconds.
- Drain the potatoes in a colander and then return to the saucepan.
- Mash the potatoes and then add the cream, butter, salt and pepper and continue to mash until smooth. Stir in the yolk until well-combined.
Serving
[edit | edit source]- Slice meatloaf nice and thick and place a dollop of mashed potatoes on your plate.
- Top with a few slices of meatloaf and some roast vegetables, then smother the whole thing with gravy.
- Serve.
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