Bread is made not only from flour, but also from meat - a vivid example of this meat loaf in the oven, made from minced meat. Essentially, meatloaf is a dish that is a cross between a cutlet and sausage. Many still remember how in Soviet times they sold delicious meat loaves in grocery stores. Today you can also buy them, but they are not of the same quality. But this is not a reason to completely abandon this delicious meat dish.
The dish got its name meat bread as a result of its external similarity - rectangular in shape, to an ordinary loaf of bread, and since its composition, in addition to a loaf or other type of baked goods, also includes meat (minced meat), the bread was called meat bread.
Meat bread made from minced meat in the oven is widespread in European countries. In England, bread made from minced meat is called meatloaf. There are a lot of recipes for making meat loaf. Often cheese, mushrooms, liver, and boiled quail eggs are added to its composition.
Today I want to show you how to quickly and easily cook meat loaf in the oven - a step-by-step recipe with photos .
Ingredients:
- Minced pork - 150 gr.,
- Minced beef - 150 gr.,
- Minced chicken - 150 gr.,
- Loaf - 3-4 pieces,
- Milk - 100 ml.,
- Onions - 1 pc.,
- Egg - 1 pc.,
- Black pepper - a pinch
- Salt - to taste
- Ketchup - 2 tbsp. spoons,
Meat loaf in the oven - recipe
Cooking meat loaf in the oven begins by mixing three types of minced meat in one bowl.
Soak pieces of white bread or loaf in milk for 5-10 minutes, depending on the degree of staleness. Squeeze out the bread (loaf). Pass it through a meat grinder.
Peel the onion and also grind through a meat grinder.
Combine minced meat, bread and onion in one bowl. As you can see, the principle of cooking meat loaf in the oven at this stage is very similar to cooking cutlets.
Beat one egg to make the minced meat sticky with the bread.
For the taste and aroma of the meat loaf, add ground black pepper and salt. Instead of black pepper, you can use other spices if you wish.
Mix all the ingredients of the meat loaf in the oven thoroughly with your hands until you obtain a homogeneous consistency.
You can use a mold for baking meat loaf from ceramic, porcelain, glass or silicone. In this case, a rectangular shape is most often used, approximately the same as for baking bread. I used a silicone mold.
Place the minced meat loaf in the pan, pressing it tightly with your hands. To ensure that the product acquires a beautiful crispy and golden crust, use a pastry brush to coat the meat loaf with ketchup or tomato sauce.
Bake in the oven at 180C. The finished meat loaf will rise slightly in volume and be covered with a beautiful dark red crust.
Remove it from the mold and place it on a flat plate. Only after cooling should the meat loaf be cut. This way, the slices of meat bread will not crumble and fall apart. Minced meat bread, just like other meat dishes, is served in addition to side dishes and salads.
What is meat loaf and where did this recipe come from?
I got curious (I got into an argument with my brother), and this is what I found out
Meat loaf is of European origin. The first mention of meat loaf appears in the history of mankind in a cookbook - the Apicus manuscript (Rome) back in the 5th century!
Meat loaf is the national dish of Germany and Belgium, and is also a relative of the famous German and Swedish meat balls.
The English-speaking population of the planet calls meat loaf nothing more than MeatLoaf, where meat is meat, and the word loaf symbolizes the rectangular shape characteristic of bread; Americans prepared meat loaf back in the days of colonization. But then it somehow disappeared from the American table and appeared again only in the 19th century.
It is interesting that meat bread takes pride of place in the national cuisine of no less than 20 countries, and among them, in addition to those already mentioned, are the Philippines, Mongolia, Italy, Greece, and even Vietnam, where it is called giò and is rather stewed. rather than baked.
Usually the main ingredients of meat loaf are minced meat mixed with white bread soaked in milk or cream and raw eggs and baked whole in the oven until cooked.
To shape meat loaf, it is not necessary to have a special rectangular baking dish; sometimes meat loaf is shaped by hand and baked on a regular flat baking sheet.
Classic meat bread is made from beef, but lamb and pork, chicken and turkey are also often used.
That’s it, I have satisfied my curiosity regarding meat loaf, and I hope that you have too.
All recipe photos
Meat loaf in the oven. Photo
Meat bread baked in the oven in Bavarian style has a completely different taste. I'm sure many of you have heard of him. Unlike the meat loaf recipe described above, Bavarian minced meat bread has a reddish tint, given to it by monosodium glutamate and inclusions of lard.
Ingredients:
- Minced pork - 500-600 gr.,
- Eggs - 1 pc.,
- Loaf - 200 gr.,
- Milk - 150 ml.,
- Starch - 2 tbsp. spoons,
- Water - 50-70 ml.,
- Onions - 1 pc.,
- Spices for minced meat: a mixture of peppers, paprika, ground ginger, coriander.
- Spices for sprinkling bread: mustard and coriander seeds, cumin.
- Fresh lard - 100 gr.,
- Nitrate salt - 10 g.,
- Vegetable oil for greasing the pan and bread.
Minced chicken bread - general principles of preparation
You can buy minced chicken or make it yourself. The breast makes a dietary and rather dry dish. Bread made from other parts (thighs, drumsticks) is more tender and juicier, but its fat content is also much higher. Which product to take is a matter of personal taste, unless otherwise indicated in the recipe. To prepare the bread, you will additionally need eggs; they are found in almost every version; they help to combine the ingredients and hold them together, and are sometimes used for filling.
What other products are added:
· white bread, loaf, breadcrumbs;
· cheese;
· various vegetables;
· mushrooms;
· bacon, lard, different types of meat.
Of course, it all depends on the chosen recipe. Sometimes some products are placed inside the bread as a filling. It turns out to be a kind of chicken roll or pie.
It is advisable to bake such bread in elongated pans with high sides. But if there is nothing like that, then we take another vessel. The cooking time for minced chicken rarely exceeds an hour, the temperature in most recipes is 180-200 degrees.
Bavarian-style meat loaf in the oven - recipe
Soak the loaf in milk. Squeeze it out and pass it through a meat grinder together with the onion cut into several pieces. Add to bowl with minced meat. Add spices and nitrate salt. Dissolve potato or corn starch in cold water. Add to the mixture. Mix all meatloaf ingredients. After this, use an immersion blender to puree the meat loaf mixture from the minced meat until pureed.
Due to the nitrate salt and additional grinding it with a blender, the mass will turn out to be red in color and similar to a pate. Now cut the lard into small pieces. Add to base. Stir with a spoon. The mixture for preparing meat loaf in the oven in Bavarian style is completely ready. Apply vegetable oil to the baking dish. Place the mixture into it. Grease the top of the bread with sunflower oil as well.
Sprinkle Bavarian-style meatloaf with mustard seeds, coriander, and cumin. Bake at 170C. from 30 to 40 minutes. Depending on the height of the bread and the features of your oven. If desired, you can cover the meat loaf with foil before putting it in the oven, and then remove it 5 minutes before it’s ready. As in the previous recipe, the meat loaf is sliced only after it has cooled.
Enjoy your meal. I will be glad if you liked this recipe and find it useful. I also recommend cooking pork carbonate in the oven in foil.
Cooking instructions
We collect the necessary products according to the list, immediately peel and wash the onions and carrots.
Pour warm milk over oatmeal, mix and leave for 15 minutes.
Grate the carrots on a medium grater. Chop the onion very finely. Cut hard cheese into cubes. Add spices, salt to the eggs and beat lightly with a fork.
Place the prepared ingredients (except cheese) in a deep bowl and mix everything.
Add the cheese cubes and continue kneading the minced meat.
Grease a special baking dish with a piece of butter.
Place the meat mixture in the pan and cover the top with foil. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 40 minutes. Then remove the foil, grease the surface with ketchup and bake for another 10 minutes.
Minced chicken meat loaf is ready. It can be served hot, but it will be even tastier cold. You can prepare it in the evening, and in the morning treat your loved ones with original sandwiches or even burgers.
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Author of the article - LadyElena
Video recipe
The video shows all the stages of preparing meat loaf according to GOST.
This dish will not leave any of your guests indifferent. Meatloaf is a masterpiece and tradition of Bavarian and German cuisine. But in other countries they have an idea of what kind of dish it is, and even know how to cook it correctly. What is so good about this meat loaf? The answer is quite simple. The dish can be prepared from almost any minced meat and various spices can be added to it to taste. The best combination is a mixture of beef and pork. In this case, pork will make the dish very tender and juicy, and beef will give it a beautiful “pink color”. Have you ever tried meat loaf? Or maybe you also prepared it? Are you interested in this recipe? Let's discuss this in the comments!
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