Meatloaf (Gabriel Gate)

Meatloaf

Chef: Gabriel Gate

Message from Gabriel Gate: "A meatloaf is a great family favourite. This recipe can easily be changed to suit your taste or mood, or according to what you have on hand in the fridge."

Serves Serves 4-6

You need:
500 g lean minced beef
250 g minced pork, or sausage meat (which is fattier)
1 cup finely chopped capsicum
1/2 brown onion, chopped
1 egg
1 tsp salt
1 tsp ground cumin
1/4 tsp chilli powder
4 tbsp chopped parsley
freshly ground black pepper
1/2 cup breadcrumbs
3 tbsp water
2 cups Italian-style tomato sauce

Method:
Preheat the oven to 180°C.

Place the minced beef and pork in a large bowl and combine by hand with the capsicum, onion, egg, salt, cumin, chilli, parsley, pepper, breadcrumbs and water until it holds together well.

Shape the mixture into a loaf and place in the centre of a suitably sized oven dish. Pour the tomato sauce over the loaf and bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour, basting every 20 minutes. If the loaf becomes too dry, add 1-2 tbsp boiling water.

Taken from Gabriel Gaté’s A Guide to Everyday Cooking (Allen and Unwin, 2003).
source link : http://www.abc.net.au/melbourne/stories/s10787430656565.htm