Hackbraten (german Meatloaf)

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 3
• 1 lb ground beef (or 1/2 lb beef, 1/2 lb lamb)
• 1/2 cup fine dry breadcrumb
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 2 medium onions
• 1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
• 2 large eggs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 teaspoon rosemary
• 1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons flour
• 2 slices bacon
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1 large carrot
• 1 cup beef broth
• 2 tablespoons sour cream
• 1 tablespoon flour (for thickening) or 1 tablespoon cornstarch (for thickening)

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375°f.
• 2 grease or spray baking dish that will hold your loaf with room around the edges for veggies.
• 3 in large bowl, gently mix ground meat and breadcrumbs until combined.
• 4 peel and dice on 1 onion , heat 1 tbsp of butter in hot skillet, add diced onion and parsley , sauté until onion is golden brown.
• 5 beat eggs in large shallow container; add salt, pepper, rosemary and nutmeg to egg and mix. pour onion/parsley mixture and egg mixture over ground meat, knead together until uniformly mixed.
• 6 mold meat mixture into loaf; roll in flour until coated on all sides.
• 7 lay bacon slices in the middle of small casserole dish, set floured loaf on top of bacon.
• 8 peel and slice carrot and second onion, pour broth into casserole dish; scatter sliced carrot and onion around meatloaf.
• 9 heat 4 tbsp butter in warm skillet.
• 10 pour hot butter over meatloaf and place dish in preheated oven.
• 11 bake 1 hour (or until cooked through (at least 160 degrees - no pink should be left), basting often with 5-10 minutes cook time remaining, spread sour cream over meatloaf.
• 12 remove dish from oven, move meatloaf to serving dish.
• 13 stir flour or cornstarch into the juice remaining in pan to make sauce, return to oven to thicken or transfer mixture to a pot which can go on your stove top.
• 14 slice and serve while hot.