Meatloaf

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How strict do you have to be? Am sick of doing spag bol so am going to do meatloaf tonight.

I have 400g of mince and was going to put that in a bowl with an egg, chopped onions and chopped mushrooms, seasoning, garlic and maybe some breadcrumbs and then form the right shape and bung it into the oven for an hour.

Will this do or will it just be all crumbly and unsliceable?

shameless bump

How do you mean strict? About following a recipe? Or getting DCs to try a new food??!

I make meatloaf regularly, and fry the onions and garlic first to take the edge of the oniony-ness IYKWIM, and have tried using 1 and 2 eggs in mixture. Sounds like it should slice OK, press the mixture together as well for a bit of extra adhesion!

I am cooking meatload tonight as well!

Yes about sticking to the recipe - am confident the dcs will try it as they like homemade burgers etc.

So you squidge it all together - then do you use an oblong cake tin even though I havent got enough mixture iyswim or put it in something else?

I either squidge it together in a kind of rugby ball shape. Or two rugby ball shapes if I am short of baking time and need it to do quicker!

Mostly I bung it into a deep enamel pie tin, and the mixture comes up to around half of the tin. I do line it after a nasty time chipping the loaf out one time. If you have a loaf tin you probably get a better loaf look.

I noticed in my Nigella Express book that she makes mini meat loaves. Didn't check the recipe, may be she uses little tins?

Do you line it with greaseproof paper? Sorry for all the questions

Yes to greaseproof paper. Doesn't take long as I don't fuss about it being a perfect fit. Could try greasing the tin?

BTW Nigella just shapes the mixture with her hands. Had the book out as been cooking banana muffins. Sadly not with butterscotch morsels.

You have to be like a bat out of hell with it, really. It's not easy. I mean, I would do anything for love, but I won't do that.

Sorry.

Love it! I just read it as the food. Sense of humour bypass in the Leo house today obv!!!

I like your meatload too - is that when it comes out leaden? (13.05 post)

I picture the meatload to be like the motherload of meat.

Thanks for all your meatloaf related help you took the words right out of my mouth

You are all showing your age!

17.31 - Meatloaf update - Its in the oven...

What is status of meatloaf? Eaten or spurned? sliceable or crumbly?

Ours is half scoffed, some left for DH and for sarnies tomorrow (with chutney - yum yum).

Couldn't think how to work in anymore Meatloaf song titles as I am not so familiar with his oeuvre, so to speak...

Blimey it was lovely - eaten all round and enough left for dh to take some to lunch tomorrow. The only problem is that is uses 2 days worth of mince - normally I would make spag bol sauce today and halve it over pasta today and rice tomorrow but never mind.

It sliced really well and the garlic was lovely in it.

Yum.

Fantastic! Glad it was a success for you. It's a win-win dish in our house also.

I agree it doesn't make the mince go very far, but sometimes, just sometimes I think that I will go mad if I have spag bol for tea again. (It's a Hundred ways with mince in our house.)

I fancy trying the soul food twist that Momma Cherry has in her cook book.

BTW I use pork mince (usually on offer two packs for £3.50 at Sainsburys) HTH.