My Mother's Italian-American Meatloaf

Serves: 6

Floy Nolan

1 January 1970

Based on User reviews:

53

Spice

45

Sweetness

48

Sourness

41

mins

Prep time (avg)

5.1

Difficulty

Ingredients:

450 g

Ground Beef

450 g

Ground Pork

450 g

Ground Veal

1 cup

Milk

2 tbsps

Garlic (minced)

2

Eggs

2 tbsps

Oregano (dried)

2 tbsps

Tomato Paste

1 medium

Carrot (diced)

1 stalk

Celery (diced)

Directions:

1

Preheat the oven to 350°F

2

Put the beef, veal, and pork into a bowl and kneed them together

3

Pour the milk into a bowl and soak the bread in it, squeezing it into a paste

4

Add the soaked bread to the bowl with the meat and work them together as though you were kneading dough

5

Add the cheese, garlic, onion, eggs, oregano, and parsley

6

Season with salt and pepper and knead again until well incorporated

7

Oil a large roasting pan with the olive oil

8

Form the meat mixture into a large loaf in the center of a roasting pan

9

Stir in the plum tomatoes, tomato paste, and 1 cup water together in a bowl and pour the mixture evenly over the meatloaf

10

Scatter the carrots and celery in the pan around the loaf

11

Put the pan in the oven and bake until a skewer inserted in the center of the loaf comes out warm, about 1 1/2 hours

12

If the loaf begins to look dry while cooking, tent it with aluminum foil

13

Remove the pan from the oven and let it cool slightly

14

Slice the meatloaf into servings, put 1 serving on each plate and spoon pan gravy and vegetables over and around the meatloaf

15

Preheat the oven to 350°F

16

Put the beef, veal, and pork into a bowl and kneed them together

17

Pour the milk into a bowl and soak the bread in it, squeezing it into a paste

18

Add the soaked bread to the bowl with the meat and work them together as though you were kneading dough

19

Add the cheese, garlic, onion, eggs, oregano, and parsley

20

Season with salt and pepper and knead again until well incorporated

21

Oil a large roasting pan with the olive oil

22

Form the meat mixture into a large loaf in the center of a roasting pan

23

Stir in the plum tomatoes, tomato paste, and 1 cup water together in a bowl and pour the mixture evenly over the meatloaf

24

Scatter the carrots and celery in the pan around the loaf

25

Put the pan in the oven and bake until a skewer inserted in the center of the loaf comes out warm, about 1 1/2 hours

26

If the loaf begins to look dry while cooking, tent it with aluminum foil

27

Remove the pan from the oven and let it cool slightly

28

Slice the meatloaf into servings, put 1 serving on each plate and spoon pan gravy and vegetables over and around the meatloaf

29

Your Nightly Specials You can make the loaf with beef and veal only, or with just beef

30

Lay some raw bacon strips over the loaf before baking

31

(This was one way my mother made her meatloaf extra special

32

) Add some sautéed mushrooms to the pan during the last 20 minutes of cooking

33

You can make the loaf with beef and veal only, or with just beef

34

Lay some raw bacon strips over the loaf before baking

35

(This was one way my mother made her meatloaf extra special

36

) Add some sautéed mushrooms to the pan during the last 20 minutes of cooking