Dad's Meatloaf with Tomato Relish

Name: Dad's Meatloaf with Tomato Relish
Prep time: 1 h 50 min
Cook time: 1 h 50 min
Total time: 1 h 50 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 3 slices to 4 bacon slices; 2 bay leaves; 2 eggs; 15 grams chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley; 2 garlic cloves, minced; 680 grams ground beef; 454 grams ground pork; 340 grams ketchup; 8 servings Extra-virgin olive oil; 1 onion, finely diced; 2 red bell peppers, cored, seeded, and finely diced; 8 servings Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 8 servings Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 leave from 2 fresh thyme sprigs; 2 tomatoes, halved, seeded, and finely diced; 3 slices white bread, crusts removed, torn into chunks by hand; 61 milliliters whole milk; 1 Tbsp Worcestershire sauce

Dad's Meatloaf with Tomato Relish requires approximately 1 hour and 50 minutes from start to finish. For $1.96 per serving, you get a main course that serves 8. One portion of this dish contains about 29g of protein, 48g of fat, and a total of 635 calories. Head to the store and pick up ketchup, bell peppers, milk, and a few other things to make it today. Dad’s Breakfast Polenta, Grilled Fish With Sun Dried Tomato Relish, and Apricot Relish are very similar to this recipe.

Instructions

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Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.

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Oven

Coat a skillet with a 2-count of oil and place over medium heat.

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Cooking Oil

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Frying Pan

Saute the onion, garlic, and bay leaves for a few minutes to create a base flavor. Throw in the red peppers and cook them for a couple of minutes to soften. Now add the tomatoes; adding them at this point lets them hold their shape and prevents them from disintegrating. Stir in the parsley, ketchup, and Worcestershire; season with salt and pepper. Simmer the relish for 5 minutes to pull all the flavors together.

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Salt And Pepper

Worcestershire Sauce

Red Pepper

Bay Leaves

Tomato

Ketchup

Parsley

Garlic

Base

Onion

Remove it from the heat; you should have about 4 cups of relish.

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Relish

Place the torn white bread in a bowl and add the milk to just barely cover, swish the bread around in the milk and let it sit while you get the rest of the ingredients for the meat loaf together.

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Bread

Meat

Milk

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Bowl

This is where you get your hands dirty! In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef and pork with 1 1/2 cups of the tomato relish, the eggs, and thyme; season with salt and pepper. Squeeze the excess milk from the bread and add the soaked bread to the meat mixture. To test, fry a small "hamburger" patty of the meatloaf until cooked; the patty should hold together but still have a soft consistency. Taste the patty for seasoning.

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Salt And Pepper

Ground Beef

Seasoning

Relish

Tomato

Bread

Thyme

Egg

Meat

Milk

Pork

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Mixing Bowl

Lightly oil a cookie sheet.

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Cooking Oil

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Baking Sheet

Transfer the meat mixture to the center of the cookie sheet and form into a log about 9 inches long and about 4 inches wide. Coat the top of the meatloaf with another 1/2 cup of the tomato relish.

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Relish

Tomato

Meat

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Baking Sheet

Lay the bacon across the top lengthwise.

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Bacon

Bake the meatloaf for 1 to 1 1/2 hours until the bacon is crisp and the meatloaf is firm. Rotate the meat loaf while it's baking every now and then to insure that the bacon browns evenly.

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Bacon

Meat

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Oven

Remove the meatloaf from the oven and let it cool a bit before slicing.

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Serve with the remaining tomato relish on the side. Unbelievably moist!

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Relish

Tomato