Trons Ultimate Meatgasmloaf
First, back story to this recipe. I was looking for a really good meatloaf recipe to make for dinner one night, I wasn't making it that night, or that week so had time to fine what looked right. I did a search and looked at about 20 different meatloaf recipes, most of them with a 5 star rating. After looking at them all I just decided to kinda combine certain aspects of a bunch of them to try and make something awesome, and I did.
Ingredients-
- 1lbs organic lean/extra lean ground beef
- 1lbs lean ground veal
- 2/3lbs of ground pork(I used 3 links of Italian sausage, just cut the casing and pull out the meat. Sweet italian would be good to)
- 1 very large sweet onion(2 mediums if cant find a really big one) chopped up.
- 3 tablespoons of minced garlic(about 1 clove)
- 1 can diced tomatoes(will only use 3/4 of it)
- 1 cup ketchup(I used Heinz Balsamic Ketchup)
- 1 1/2 - 2 cups of French's french fried onions(put in a bowl and smash however you like till smashed like bread crumbs till you have 1 1/2 - 2 cups of ground french fried onions. This is used instead of traditional bread crumbs.)
- 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
- 1/2 cup heavy cream
- 2 tablespoons of Worcestershire sauce
- 1/2 stick of butter, 1/4 stick of butter for later use as well
- teaspoon of apple cider vinegar
- Brown sugar
- 3 tablespoons of Parsley
- 1 teaspoon of thyme
- 1 1/4 teaspoon of salt
- 1 1/4 teaspoon of pepper(can add more, I only used a little cause step-mom isnt a pepper fan)
- 1 cup of Brown sugar
Step 1- the beginning
1. In a large pan, heat the butter on medium heat till melted
2. Add 3/5 of the chopped onions and cook till near caramelized.
3. Add in 2 tablespoons of Garlic, 2 tablespoons of Parsley, and the 1 teaspoon of thyme. Mix together and once onions are done take off the burner and set aside to cool.
*Start preheating oven to 375.
Step 2- Mixing it all together
1. If you haven't crushed the French's fried onions yet, crush them now
1. In a large bowl put the eggs in and beat them till they are..well...beaten
2. Add in the crushed French's fried onions, the 1/2 cup of cream, 1 tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of pepper, 1/4 cup of the ketchup, and the Dijon mustard.
3. Mix all together.
4. Add in the caramelized onions and mix(do not put pan in sink, set aside for future use)
5. Add in the beef, veal and pork and mix well till a nice big blob of meat.
6. Get out a meatloaf pan and stuff the mixture into it as best you can. try and smash it down good so its all one big piece.
7. Get out a baking pan.
*her is where it gets even more exciting!!! Arts and crafts time!!
8. Get out some tinfoil. Now you are to shape it some. You are going to shape it into kind of a shoe box cover shape. You are going to want it to be big enough for the loaf to fit in, but not just barely, you want some room in there. So a little smaller size than the baking pan itself. Make sure the four walls are nice and firm and wont bend easy. Place on baking pan and spray some cooking spray on it.
9. Turn the meatloaf pan upside down in the tin foil(Meatloaf pan is just for shaping, not baking). Will have to shake it some to get the meatloaf to slide out.
10. Once meatloaf is out, center it and stick it all in the oven. Will cook for 1 1/3 hours total.
*You will be taking it out a few times while baking so have some place you are ready to put it.
Step 3- the sauce
1. In the frying pan, add 1/2 cup of ketchup, the remaining onions, garlic, Worcestershire sauce, parsley, salt, pepper, 3/4 cup of brown sugar and the 3/4 can of diced tomatoes(also add some of the juice inside, about 1/4 - 1/2) and cook at around medium heat, stirring every minute or so.(Add more ketchup if not thick enough and more brown sugar if doesn't taste like enough).
2. After about 5 minutes of that, reduce heat to a nice simmer and mix every few minutes to make sure none of it is burning to the bottom. Cook for an additional 10-15 minutes.
Step 4- applying sauce
*It's been about 20 minutes since the Meatloaf has gone in the oven at this point.
1. Remove the meatloaf from the oven.
2. Spoon sauce over meatloaf and on the sides till you covered it completely.(don't use all the sauce, just however much is needed to give the meatloaf a nice coating).
3. Put meatloaf back in oven.
4. Turn heat with sauce in it to very low to just keep it warm.
Step 5- removing sauce and liquid
1. After about 30 more minutes(50 total) , remove the meatloaf again.
2. By now a good amount of grease and juices from the meat have seeped out and have filled the tin foil tray. Also some of the sauce has probably slid off as well. Spoon as much of the liquid from the tray into the pan that still has the remaining sauce in it.
3. Put meatloaf back into oven.
Step 6- more sauce stuff
1. Mix the grease and juices and sauce that you spooned out of the tin foil tray with the rest of the remaining sauce.
2. Add in remaining brown sugar(1/4 cup) and the remaining ketchup(1/4 cup)
3. Turn heat to medium and cook for 15 minutes, stirring when needed
Step 7- the last adding of sauce
1. After about 15 minutes take the meatloaf out yet again
2. Add another coating of sauce to the loaf
*this will not use up all the sauce, you want a small bowl sized amount leftover, if you don't have hardly any left, just add some more from the step 3, not including onions and tomatoes.
3. If more liquid and sauce has pooled into the tray, spoon out into pan again and mix.
4. Put meatloaf back into oven for the remaining 15 minutes. If sauce hasn't gotten a nice browning to it after 15 minutes, leave in for an additional 5-10 minutes.
Step 8- the last of doing anything with the sauce
1. Meatloaf will be done very soon, make sure the remaining sauce mix is hot and transfer to a small bowl.
2. There will probably be a layer of oil/grease that will pool on top, just use a spoon to remove as much of it as you can.
3. Place it on the table
Step 9- The end!!!!!
1. Remove meatloaf from oven
2. Transfer meatloaf from baking pan to a serving plate
3. Put it on the table
4. Cut a slice and put it on your plate
5. Spoon a bit of the sauce from the bowl over it
6. Eat and enjoy
Well thats it, I am hoping I didn't forget anything, and hope you enjoy it if you try it out. It was really good, surprisingly actually since it was the 2nd time I had ever made meatloaf from scratch.
I made homemade cream cheese garlic mashed potatoes with chives and some corn. Next time will probably make with some mac n' cheese. Make whatever sides you prefer.
Tell me how it came out if you make it please, or if you do anything different that might make it better.
ENJOY!!!
I will purchase in the future and it may be a few months from now. I want to donate to ROD first and foremost. With the wedding and etc things have been tight.
