Easy old fashioned meatloaf from Massachusetts

Summary

Yield
6 Servings
Source

www.world-food-and-wine.com

Prep time1 1⁄2 hours
RecipesEntrée Dinner Main meal Winter United States North America Meat Massachusetts Easy Central America Bake Autumn

Description

The beauty of meat loaf is that it can be comfort food or luscious entertaining; come to the table warm with vegetables, gravy, and mashed potatoes or cold with salad, bread and pickles.

Ingredients

2Poundbeef (ground)
2 eggs (large)
1 onion (medium size, chopped)
1⁄2 bell pepper (medium size, chopped)
1⁄2Teaspoonoregano (dried leaves)
1⁄2Teaspooncoriander (ground)
1Cantomato sauce (small can)
2TablespoonHeinz 57 sauce
1Teaspoonsalt (or to taste)
1Teaspoonpepper (or to taste)

Instructions

  1. Heat oven to 375°F.
  2. Using your hands, squeeze together all the ingredients. If the mix seems too wet, add up to 1 cup more of the bread crumbs.
  3. Form a loaf with the ground beef into a large bread pan, top with ketchup if desired. Place in oven and bake uncovered for 45 minutes to 1 hour.

Cover with warm tomato sauce before slicing and serving.

Notes

Serve with steamed green beans, creamed corn, fluffy potato mash and tomato sauce on the side for a perfect New England dinner. Don't forget the cornbread.

Ingredients, metric
 

1 kg 
 
ground beef
 

2
 
large eggs
 

1
 
medium onion, chopped
 

1
 
medium bell pepper, chopped
 

½ tsp 
 
oregano
 

½ tsp 
 
cilantro
 

1
 
small can of tomato sauce
 

2 Tbs 
 
Heinz 57 Sauce
 

200 g 
 
plain breadcrumbs
 

 
salt and ground pepper to taste
 

 
tomato sauce to cover (optional)
 

Nutrition facts
Serving size: 1/6 of the original recipe.
Percent daily values based on a 2000 calorie diet.
Nutrition information calculated from recipe ingredients
The following ingredients were not linked to the ingredient database and were not included in the nutrition information:
salt and ground pepper to taste
tomato sauce (optional)

Amount Per Serving
 
 
 

Calories
 
526.68
 

Calories From Fat (60%)
 
316.76
 

 
 
% Daily Value

Total Fat 34.26g
 
53%
 

Saturated Fat 13.41g
 
67%
 

Cholesterol 195.18mg
 
65%
 

Sodium 442.29mg
 
18%
 

Potassium 601.46mg
 
17%
 

Carbohydrates 19.62g
 
7%
 

Dietary Fiber 1.91g
 
8%
 

Sugar 4.91g
 
 
 

Sugar Alcohols 0.00g
 
 
 

Net Carbohydrates 17.71g
 
 
 

Protein 32.30g
 
65%
 

Most meatloaf recipes are recycled Italian meatball recipes, that is why a little tomato sauce can make it into the mix and they are usually topped with tomato sauce –to help form a crust- or the sauce is served on the side. As one travels to the midwest, the tomato sauce becomes ketchup.