Best Meat Loaf

From Triple-tested in Successful Farming’s tasting-test kitchen.

Yield: This will make 6 to 8 servings.

Ingredients

• ¾ cup dry bread crumbs
• ½ cup milk
• 1½ pounds ground beef
• ½ pound ground pork
• 2 beaten eggs
• ½ cup chopped onion
• ¼ cup chopped green pepper
• 1½ teaspoons salt
• ¾ teaspoon sage
• ¼ teaspoon pepper
• Chili sauce

Directions

1. Soak crumbs in milk; add remaining ingredients except chili sauce; mix well.
2. Pack into 8½x4½x2½-inch loaf pan to shape.
3. Invert on shallow baking pan.
4. Score loaf diagonally with handle of wooden spoon.
5. Bake in moderate oven (350°) 1 hour; fill scored marks on top with chili sauce; bake 15 minutes longer.

Timing

• 1 hour
• 15 minutes longer

Temperature

• 350°

Equipment

• 8½x4½x2½-inch loaf pan
• shallow baking pan
• handle of wooden spoon

Notes

• Extra delicious and crusty because the loaf is a real roast—it bakes on a shallow pan—

Transcription

Triple-tested in Successful Farming’s tasting-test kitchen