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Gourmet Meatloaf

This awesome meatloaf recipe goes perfect with fall weather and family get togethers. Transform classic meatloaf into a gourmet dish with our Prestige® Ground Beef. Everyone will be sure to love it!
Prep Time15 minutes
Cook Time1 hour
Resting Time15 minutes
Course: Main Course
Cuisine: American
Keyword: beef, Comfort, Fall, meatloaf, Winter

Equipment

  • Large Mixing Bowl
  • Wooden Spoon
  • 9" x 5" x 3" Loaf Pan
  • Meat Thermometer

Ingredients

Topping

Instructions

  • Pre-heat Conventional Oven to 350° F. Starting with all ingredients at refrigerator temperature, (37-39° F).
    meatloaf recipe ingredients. This is a simple recipie that changes only a few ingredients and adds a ton of meatloaf flavor
  • Combine the beef, Panko, eggs, ketchup, milk, onion, and Worcesterhire sauce into a large mixing bowl and mix thoroughly, first with spoon, then with hands, until the “batter” becomes very sticky. The mixing process will “extract proteins” from the meat, which will help to bind all ingredients and give the meatloaf a nice firm and toothsome texture.
    mixing meatloaf
  • Protein is extracted when burger passes the gravity test. Form a cylinder of the blend in hand and hang from one side. If meat blend does not break, you have blended it enough.
    Protein extraction
  • Next, press the batter into an un-greased loaf pan and round the top – similar to a loaf of bread. Place in pre-heated 350° F oven for 1 hour – or until the internal temperature of the meat loaf is approximately 150° F.
    Mound the loaf helps mositure wick back down the loaf reducing the chance of drying out the loaf.

Topping/Finishing Sauce

  • Combine ketchup, seasoning, and brown sugar in a bowl and mix vigorously until the sugar is evenly blended into the mixture. Spread approximately 1/2 the mixture to the top of the loaf evenly. *To the remaining topping, add just enough white vinegar (approx. 1 tbsp) to create a medium bodied pour-able consistency and use this as a finishing/dipping sauce.
    topping
  • Place the meatloaf back in the oven and cook until the internal temperature reaches 160° F. Remove from oven, cover with foil, and allow meatloaf to rest for at least 15 minutes. Remove from pan and slice into 1/2” thick slices.
    let meat loaf rest a coupl min. then cut