Everyday Meat Loaf -- Meatballs -- OAMC |
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Prep Time: 30 Minutes Cook Time: 60 Minutes |
Ready In: 90 Minutes Servings: 72 |
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A moist and tasty meatloaf recipe. Perfect with boiled mashed red-skin potatoes and crispy, steamed green beans.The way it's cooked keeps it out of the grease & everyone who has tried it, loves it! -Let's face it - there are some incredibly awful meatloaf recipes out there. Some of the worst I've found were at restaurants! -This particular recipe is (adapted over the years) from my Mom's 1942 Betty Crocker cookbook - which she used the whole time I was growing up. She gave me the cookbook when I married. -In November of 2009, I made this for 20 people at fish camp in the Outer Banks of NC. Compliments galore! I was asked for the recipe by 10 attendees (the other 10 are in my family) -I also use the meat from the second loaf to make meatballs that cook well (fresh/frozen) in the crockpot on low covered in sauce. -Uncooked loaves/meatballs flash freeze well for OAMC. Ingredients:
2 lbs lean beef, ground (93/7) |
1 lb pork, ground (lean) |
1 cup breadcrumbs (progresso italian) |
3 eggs |
1/2 cup ketchup |
3 tablespoons dark brown sugar |
1 teaspoon coleman's dry mustard (in spices) |
1/4 teaspoon nutmeg |
Directions:
1. ~Make the Piquant Sauce: In a bowl, mix together the ketchup, brown sugar, dry mustard, & nutmeg. Blend well.
2. If you want easy clean up ~ Fill the bottom of a broiling pan 1/2 full with water (This was started in order to make clean up of the sauce easier by preventing carmelization/burning of it on the bottom of the pan. It turned out that it also helps keep the meat very moist.).
3. ~ Line the top of the broiling pan with parchment paper (or aluminum foil) & use a knife to punch holes where the slots are in the pan. Place the lined top on the water filled bottom of the broiling pan.
4. ~Crumble the meats together in a large mixing bowl. Scramble the eggs and mix them into the meat. Mix the bread crumbs into the meat/egg mixture. Form 2 loaves. (I use a plastic wrap lined bread loaf pan for consistency of size and cooking time.) Place the loaves on the pan.
5. **FROST** the loaves with Piquant Sauce.
6. ~Bake 350 for 45 minutes to 1 hour. Let the meat set for 5 - 10 min before slicing.
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