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American meatloaf
Recipe by:
Maggie Pannell
A popular family favourite, baked with a tomato sauce filling.
Ready in 1 hour 50 mins
Saved by 135 cook(s)
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil
- 2 large onions, chopped
- 2 large celery sticks, chopped
- 1 large green pepper, seeded and chopped
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1kg lean minced beef
- 75g fresh breadcrumbs (white or wholemeal)
- 1 egg, lightly beaten
- 227g can chopped tomatoes
- 4 tbsp tomato ketchup
- salt and freshly ground black pepper
Preparation method
Prep: 35 mins | Cook: 1 hour 15 mins1.
Preheat the oven to 180°C (gas 4). Heat the oil in a large, deep frying pan, add the onions, celery, green pepper and garlic and cook gently for 5 minutes over a medium heat until soft. Transfer the vegetables to a large bowl.
2.
Add the beef, breadcrumbs and egg to the vegetables, season with salt and pepper and knead the mixture with your hands.
3.
Combine the tomatoes with their juice and the ketchup in a small bowl. Add half to the meatloaf mixture and mix again.
4.
Transfer the mixture to a lightly greased baking dish or roasting tin and shape to make a loaf, measuring about 25 x 18cm, mounding it slightly in the centre. Make a lengthways groove down the centre with the side of your hand and pour the remaining tomato mixture into the groove.
5.
Bake for 1 1/4 hours or until cooked through to the centre. (If you have a meat thermometer, it should read 71°C when the loaf is cooked.) Allow to stand for 10 minutes before slicing, using a sharp knife.
COOK SMART
*Breadcrumbs are often added to minced meat dishes, not only as a ‘stretcher’, but also as a ‘lightener'. So never waste the ends of loaves, instead turn them into breadcrumbs and keep in the freezer, handy for when you need them.
*Serve with pasta and a green vegetable or a selection of side salads.
Last updated:
06 Sep 2011
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Eh, I'm American and this isn't quite right, however finding the "real" recipe is like finding the holy grail. I usually add apples, brown sugar, beer, carrots and raisins to mine. I like a heartier flavor.
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30 Jan 2012
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This wasn't for me. Far too much ketchup. I scraped off the tomato sauce from the top but found the meat bland. Tried to jazz it up with some herbs and spices but still only got the underlying taste of ketchup. There are much better meatloaf recipes out there. Just a shame I wasted my ingredients trying this one.
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06 Sep 2011
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absolutly delicious - great way to use up old veg - i just added all sorts.
My kids loved it and so did i
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19 Jun 2011
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Used different ingredients.
I also bake the meatloaf on a rack with small holes to drain the fat. Use just a very small amount of ketchup and just one onion diced.
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11 Aug 2010
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being an american this is not a traditional meatloaf. maybe you can call it british meatloaf?
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19 Apr 2010
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I was only making it for two so I harved the recipe (plus it oly took about 40mins to cook then). I've never eaten meat-loaf so I'm not sure what I expected it to taste like, but it wasn't this. Very dissapointing.
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02 Mar 2010
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Loved this recipe. My American husband had it for dinner, supper and breakfast! He asked me to make it again and 'don't change a thing'. No higher praise.
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05 Feb 2010
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Beautiful flavour from this recipe but as other reviewers stated it fell apart. It only sliced when cold.
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13 Aug 2009
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Beautiful flavour from this recipe but as other reviewers stated it fell apart. It only sliced when cold.
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tasted nice but it just fell apart
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05 Aug 2009
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