Tomorrow night I want to try a meatloaf that Bobby Flay did on one of his shows, it has chopped zucchini, peppers and garlic in it, and it's done not in a loaf pan but on a baking sheet, you make a "meatloaf mountain" and put a ketchup/balsamic glaze over it. He baked his in an oven at 425 for an hour to hour and a quarter, but on the egg would I be better to cook it 300?
Smokin' Lady, I pull mine around 150F.Here is a recipe I like!Meatloaf, Richard
I recently did one on the small indirect at 325-350F about an hour pulled around 150F. ***** 2 Meatloaves***** 2 Lbs. Ground Chuck 2 Lbs. Ground Round 3 Whole Eggs 1 Large Vidalia Onion, Chopped Medium 10-15 Saltine Crackers, Crushed 1/2-3/4 Cup Spicy Ketchup 1/2-3/4 Cup Grated Parmesan Cheese 2-3 Tbs. Dijon Mustard 1-2 Cups Pepper Ridge Farms Herbed Seasoning Stuffing 1-1 1/2 Pkg. Lipton Onion Soup Mix Coarse Peppermill Black Pepper, to taste 3-4 Strips Bacon, Optional *****Sauce, 1 Meatloaf***** 1 Cup Spicy Ketchup 1/4 Cup Dijon Mustard 1/2-3/4 Cup Brown Sugar, Packed 2-3 Tbs. Balsamic Vinegar 1 Cup Parmesan Cheese, Grated Ground Pepper to taste
1 The meat recipe makes 2 nice 10 inch diameter loaves and they are about 1 1/2 - 2 inches thick. The sauce is for one meatloaf. The meat recipe may be halved or the other loaf frozen, which is what I do. 2 When mixing the meat and other ingredients, mix about 1/3 saltine crackers and 2/3 Pepper Ridge stuffing, do in 1/4 -1/2 cup portions so as not to dry out the mixture. 3 If using the bacon, lay on top of loaf and then cover with the sauce at the beginning of the cook. I cook over a rack that has a grease catch pan underneath and there by avoid having to deal with removing the grease from a normal loaf pan. 4 You want the sauce to be thick. if necessary thin with water or more vinegar. Slather all over! Nice to have a little sauce left over, to serve with. Play with the ratios of ketchup and mustard until you reach a point that makes you happy. Enjoy!!
Richard, this recipe sounds great too, I have printed it off and added to my growing recipe collection. I'm running out of room for all my binders! Thanks.
Smokin' Lady, Thank you! If you have a microsoft based computer you might want to look into Living Cookbook. The Naked Wizard has a$3 coupon and around $26 it is not a bad way to track recipes in my opinion. been doing it for 3+ years and works for me.
