Pray Tell said:My sister and law makes great meat loaf. She is coming
over w/hubby in one week.
I want to make a good meat loaf for them that rivals hers.
Any ideas? I usually just use that bake in a bag kit that
comes with seasonings. What can I add to that to make it
extra special?
Nay, nay, Pray Tell. Here are some ideas:
Basic receipe:
2 lbs ground beef 1 cup of bread crumbs 1 or two
eggs as needed to make a stiff mix salt and pepper
to taste Mold in tin and turn out onto cookie pan
place two strips of bacon across top, put in 350d
oven, bake until bacon is crisp
Now, once you have that, you can add or subtract various
options alone or in combinations:
1 package Jimmy Dean sausage
1 medium chopped onion and/or 1 medium chopped
green pepper
Add a glaze - ketchup and brown sugar diluted with a
bit of water, spread on before or in place of bacon.
Variation: add 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder, or try
maple syrup instead of brown sugar.
Here's a dress-up trick for company: Take a stack of
mushrooms more-or-less the same size, and slice off
the cap at each side. Put half the loaf in the mold,
then place the mushrooms in a line down the middle,
butting them up against one another tightly making a
single long mushroom from end to end (put them cap
side down so they will be right-side-up when the
loaf is inverted). Then add the rest of the loaf and
proceed as normal. When you serve slices of the
loaf, each slice will have a neat little cooked
mushroom in the center.
Add brown gravy for serving.
Spice variations: if you like spicy you can try
adding chili powder and/or ground cumin to the loaf
mixture or to the glaze.
You can also add a couple chopped cloves of garlic
to the loaf mixture.
Add 1/4 cup ketchup to the loaf mixture.
Top the loaf with rounds of yellow pepper (dress-up)
(on top of bacon).
Smash some seasoned croutons in the blender and add
to or replace the bread crumbs, or use to top loaf
(add during last few minutes of cooking).
The traditional side is mashed potatoes, of course, but you
could also try baked beans or refried beans as a variation.
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