We held the first ever Great Meatloaf Off. The day begin with a trip to Central Market South for a bunch of supplies. Everyone was home cooking up their meatloaves!
And everyone arrived; we had nine hungry judges. We had four wonderful meatloaf submissions.
We put out all the meatloaves with little flags in them (ISSB is a very good flag maker).
The meatloaves were all different. They all had different combinations of meats, different seasonings, veggies, toppings, etc. I made two very different loves, one was ISSB's family recipe and I also made my mother's recipe, the one I grew up eating.
Everyone got their “test tasters” plates and their score cards and sat down around the house to make their decisions.
So after everyone was done judging, we tallied up all the scores:
And the winner was............
ISSB's mom's four meat meatloaf!
Here is the recipe:
1 lb. meatloaf mix (ground beef, veal & pork)
1 lb. ground turkey
1 1/2 cups fresh breadcrumbs (less if using dried, but they're fine)
1-2 eggs
1 chopped onion, sauteed if you have time
1 grated carrot
The rest of this I eyeball, and since you're a good judge I'd leave it to your discretion:
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
garlic powder (this is the only thing I ever use it in, but I think it works better than fresh)
dijon mustard
ketchup
oregano
S&P
Panko mixed with EVOO & S&P for topping
Mix gently with your hands and put in oiled loaf pan, top w/panko.
Best to let sit and flavors mingle for at least a couple of hours to a day before baking at 375 about an hour.
Barbara was awarded this cookbook that was recently located at the used book store:
And the runner up was my mom!
Here is the recipe:
2 lb. ground beef
1 cups fresh breadcrumbs
2 eggs
1 chopped onion, sauteed if you have time
A lot of chopped garlic
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper
Mix with your hands and form in to a round loaf and place in a Clay Coyote pie plate or in a castiron pan. Cook at 350F for 45 minutes.
At 45 minutes, pour over a mixture of:
¼ cup ketchup
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
And let it cook for another 5 minutes.
Overall the Meatloaf Off was a success!!! Hope that you try these out, happy meatloaffing!!!
And everyone arrived; we had nine hungry judges. We had four wonderful meatloaf submissions.
We put out all the meatloaves with little flags in them (ISSB is a very good flag maker).
The meatloaves were all different. They all had different combinations of meats, different seasonings, veggies, toppings, etc. I made two very different loves, one was ISSB's family recipe and I also made my mother's recipe, the one I grew up eating.
Everyone got their “test tasters” plates and their score cards and sat down around the house to make their decisions. 
So after everyone was done judging, we tallied up all the scores:
And the winner was............ISSB's mom's four meat meatloaf!
Here is the recipe:
1 lb. meatloaf mix (ground beef, veal & pork)
1 lb. ground turkey
1 1/2 cups fresh breadcrumbs (less if using dried, but they're fine)
1-2 eggs
1 chopped onion, sauteed if you have time
1 grated carrot
The rest of this I eyeball, and since you're a good judge I'd leave it to your discretion:
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
garlic powder (this is the only thing I ever use it in, but I think it works better than fresh)
dijon mustard
ketchup
oregano
S&P
Panko mixed with EVOO & S&P for topping
Mix gently with your hands and put in oiled loaf pan, top w/panko.
Best to let sit and flavors mingle for at least a couple of hours to a day before baking at 375 about an hour.
Barbara was awarded this cookbook that was recently located at the used book store:
And the runner up was my mom!Here is the recipe:
2 lb. ground beef
1 cups fresh breadcrumbs
2 eggs
1 chopped onion, sauteed if you have time
A lot of chopped garlic
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
Salt and pepper
Mix with your hands and form in to a round loaf and place in a Clay Coyote pie plate or in a castiron pan. Cook at 350F for 45 minutes.
At 45 minutes, pour over a mixture of:
¼ cup ketchup
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
And let it cook for another 5 minutes.
Overall the Meatloaf Off was a success!!! Hope that you try these out, happy meatloaffing!!!
