You’re Going to Love This Meatloaf Recipe, So Easy to Make
Hello Friends, today I’m bringing back an old favorite! I am doing a re-make of my Meatloaf Wrapped In Bacon Recipe! Such a popular recipe on this channel I wanted to make it again for you. This is easily one of my favorite and most popular recipes in both my Cooking School and Restaurant.
The Best Meat Loaf Recipe - You're Going To Love This - So Easy!
Today I am going to share my best Meatloaf Recipe ever! What could go wrong when you have a moist glazed ground beef Meatloaf wrapped in bacon?!! Need I say more!
Recipe Video
Recipe Ingredients
For the Meat Loaf
- 1 cup chopped Onion
- 2 tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1 ยฝ pound Ground Chuck
- ยพ pound Ground Veal
- ยพ pound Ground Pork
- 8 ounces good Ham like black forest diced into 1/4 โ cubes
- 4 ounces Genoa Salami
- ยพ cup Carrots cut into ยผโ dice
- ยผ cup chopped Fresh Thyme leaves
- ยผ cup chopped Fresh Parsley leaves
- 3 large eggs slightly beaten with a fork
- 2 tablespoons chopped Garlic about 4 large cloves
- ยพ cup Fresh Breadcrumbs
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- Salt and Pepper to taste
- ยฝ cup Buttermilk
- 1 or 2 dash Hot Sauce
- 1 pound VERY Lean Bacon sliced
Glaze to Brush on Top
- 2 cups Ketchup
- ยผ cup Brown Sugar
- 2 tablespoons Worcestershire Sauce
- 2 to 3 tablespoons Sweet White Apricot Balsamic Vinegar if you do not have a Sweet White Balsamic skip the Vinegar
- 1 dash Hot Sauce
Recipe Instructions
- Preheat Oven to 350 degrees
- For the Meat Loaf:
- In a sautรฉ pan, heat the olive oil, when hot add the onion and cook until light golden brown, remove from the pan andย let coolย at room temp while you prepare the rest of the recipe.
- In a glass bowl, mix the ground meats, add the ham, salami, carrots, fresh herbs, eggs, garlic, fresh bread crumbs, Worcestershire, salt and pepper buttermilk, hot sauce and the cooled onion mixture, and mix well.
- Cover the entire bottom of a bread loaf pan with the bacon slices, slightly overlapping.ย ย Cover the bacon and fill the mold with the ground meat mixture. Close the mold with the bacon as per the video.ย ย Flip the loaf onto a baking sheet, remove the pan and bake inย the middle of the ovenย for about 60 minutes.
- However be sure be sure to check the inside temperature after 60 minutes.ย ย The Chefโs preferred temperature is 145ยฐ to 150ยฐ.ย ย Which is Medium and slightly pink.ย ย If you like it more cook just leave in a bit longer.
- For the Glaze to Brush on Top of the Meatloaf
- Mix well and using s silicone brushย generouslyย brush the glaze on top.
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