Faves? Salt and Vinegar potato chips. Gnocchi with plenty of fresh parmesan cheese. A loaded, gut-bomb burrito, all soft and pillowy, filled with sour cream and guac. And meatloaf. I LOVE meatloaf. Nothing quite satisfies like a giant slab of salty-juicy-slathered in ketchup-and-onions meatloaf.
This recipe is a mash-up of a former co-worker's fave, a Martha Stewart stand-by and my own. (I basically added in stuff that that we like. i.e. LOTS of garlic. )
MEATLOAF
Ingredients:
1.5 lbs. of ground meat (I usually use turkey but you can also use lean beef, a mixture of lamb, veal, etc. for a "fancier" meatloaf)
2 eggs
1 t. salt (I prefer Kosher)
1/2 t. celery salt
2 t. ground mustard
3-6 cloves of garlic, minced (depending on how much garlic you like, of course)
2 medium onions, chop one and made half-rings out of the other, keep seperate (half-rings are a topper)
1 T. olive oil
1.25 cups milk
3 slices of bread, toasted and made into crumbs with the Cuisinart (you can save time and use store-bought crumbs - 2 cups - but it may make the loaf a little rubbery)
glaze:
3 T. ketchup (C'mon people, Heinz really is the best...)
2 t. ground mustard
3 t. dark brown sugar
Mix together until smooth.
Sautee chopped onion and garlic until tender. Put in small bowl to cool. Sautee onion half-rings until tender. Put in seperate bowl to cool. Combine all ingredients (except for topper half-ring onion and glaze ingredients) in large bowl and mix throughly with hands.
Line jelly roll pan with foil. Place wire baking rack on top and top with parchment paper. Form firm, elongated loaf in center of parchment paper.
(a shot before the loaf was popped in the oven...)
Brush with glaze and top with sauteed onion half-rings.
Bake at 400 for 45-50 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160.
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