Meatloaf à la Sauce Piquante

Serves: 6

Prep Time: 30 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Description:
The original recipe doesn't call for frying the onions but cooking the loaf in the oven is not enough to take the crispyness out of the onions so I fry them to make them soft for the kids (and me!), I added garlic to my onion mixture before frying as well. Made it once with half ground sirloin and it was excellent, might try all ground sirloin next time. Source: L'encyclopédie de la cuisine, Jehanne Benoit p. 184

Ingredients:

 * 3/4 cups bread crumbs
 * 1 cup milk
 * 1 1/2 lb ground beef
 * 2 beaten eggs
 * 1/2 cup chopped onion (I fry the onion with some garlic before mixing it with the rest, they feel less crunchy inside the loaf later)
 * 1 teaspoon salt
 * 1/4 teaspoon pepper
 * 1/2 teaspoon sage or marjoram (I use sage)

Sauce Piquante:
 * 3 tablespoons brown sugar
 * 1/4 cup ketchup
 * 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg
 * 1 teaspoon dried mustard

Note: I make 1 1/2 to twice the sauce recipe for each loaf

Method:
Mix bread crumbs and milk and let sit for 20 minutes

Add the rest of the ingredients and mix well.

Pour meat mixture in buttered loaf pans. Pour sauce over and spread over the loaf.

Cook in the oven at 350F for 1 hour.

Rating:
Adults:****

Kids: ***
 * Added on August 27 2024