Cooking — Grandpa's Tasty Meatloaf

Ingredients:

• 1 cup panko breadcrumbs
• 1 large brown onion, grated
• 500g premium minced beef
• 300g minced pork
• 1/4 cup finely diced carrot
• 1/4 cup finely diced celery
• 2 eggs
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 tsp Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup chopped parsley (optional), or 2 tsp dried parsley or basil
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp promite (or vegemite)
• 1/4 cup beef stock (or stock cube mixed with water)
• 1 tsp black pepper

Meatloaf Glaze:

• 1/4 cup tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup BBQ sauce
• 2 tbsp cider vinegar
• 1 tbsp brown sugar

Method:

1. Preheat oven to 180C. Oil or spray a loaf tin.
2. Glaze: Mix together in a small bowl. Set aside.
3. Meatloaf: Place breadcrumbs in a very large bowl. Grate over onion. Mix so the breadcrumbs are all wet. Add remaining ingredients. Mix well using your hands. Form into a loaf shape, pinching together then smoothing over creases and cracks.
4. Transfer into loaf tin. Brush generously with half the glaze.
5. Bake for 40 minutes. Remove from oven and brush with most of the remaining glaze. If there is excess fat pooling, scoop/pour it off.
6. Bake for a further 25 minutes. Remove from oven.
7. Stand for 10 minutes before turning out and cutting into thick slices. You will probably get a bit of crumbling just on the edges of the first couple of slices, this is normal and indicative of the tenderness of the meatloaf.

Serve with a dollop of tomato sauce, creamy mashed potatoes and steamed asparagus or broccoli.

Matt