Classic meatloaf
4 servings
Ingredients
Quantity | Ingredient | |
---|---|---|
½ | cup | Fresh bread crumbs (about 2 |
Slices) | ||
¼ | cup | Milk |
2 | tablespoons | Olive oil |
½ | cup | Onions, finely diced |
1 | Garlic clove, minced | |
1 | pounds | Ground beef chuck |
½ | pounds | Ground pork butt or sweet |
Sausage meat | ||
1 | large | Egg, lightly beaten |
⅓ | cup | Grated Romano or Parmesan or |
Sharp cheddar cheese | ||
¼ | teaspoon | Fennel seeds |
¼ | teaspoon | Dried oregano |
¼ | cup | Chopped parsley |
Salt and freshly ground | ||
Black pepper |
Directions
Soak the bread crumbs in milk. Preheat the oven to 450 degrees.
Lightly grease a loaf pan.
Heat the olive oil. When hot add the onions and saute for about 8 minutes or until golden and beginning to brown. Add the garlic and saute for a few seconds. Remove the skillet from the heat and transfer the contents to a mixing bowl.
Add the soaked bread crumbs, ground chuck and ground pork butt and mix with 1 egg. Add grated cheese, fennel, oregano, and parsley.
Season to taste with salt and pepper. (Saute some of the mixture before tasting and adjusting for seasoning.) Transfer the mix to a loaf pan and bake at high heat for 15 minutes.
Lower the heat to 350 degrees and bake for 1 hour or until the internal temperature reaches 165 degrees. Let rest 15 minutes before cutting.
Yield: 6 servings
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