Cooking Recipe Cottagers' Meatloaf
Recipe Ingredients
Directions
*Note: Weight of pork is after trimming away bones, rind and excess
fat.
Mince the meats fairly finely, grate the carrot and chop the onion and
green pepper very finely. Mix all the ingredients very thoroughly
with your hands and season well with salt and pepper. Fry a small
nugget to check seasoning and adjust to taste. Oil a 2 lb loaf tin,
line with greaseproof paper and oil again. Pack the mixture into the
tin. Press it down well, dome the top of the meat nicely and press 2
or 3 bay leaves on top.
Cover the tin with foil. Stand it in a roasting pan and pour in
enough boiling water to come halfway up the sides of the loaf tin.
Bake at 350 F (180 C) gas mark 4 for 1 hour. Reduce temperature to
325 F (160 C) gas mark 3, remove foil lid and bake for a further
30 minutes.
Cool the cooked meatloaf for 30 minutes, then tilt the tin and pour
off the juices. Set aside in a cold place overnight before serving
to allow flavours to blend and mature.
Source: Philippa Davenport in "Country Living" (British), October
1987. Typed for you by Karen Mintzias