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How To Make Meatloaf in the Oven – A Step by Step Guide

how to make meatloaf in the oven
Written by Tommy Davis
Last Update: August 23, 2021

Meatloaf Recipe with Red Wine Glaze: Your Ultimate Comfort Food

Remember the worldwide economic depression in the 1930s when meatloaves served a crucial purpose by providing households with an economic culinary method? Well, the depression is gone, but that’s not the case with meatloaves. The low-fat, protein-rich dish is amazing. Did you ever want to see an impressive glaze all over and from inside your retro craving? Here’s a quick recipe for you: Meatloaf with red wine glaze!!!

How To Make Meatloaf in the Oven

Meatloaf with Red Wine Glaze

Meatloaf turned into a staple of numerous Americans’ eating methodologies during the depression; since it helped home cooks cover valuable protein more remote than it may some way, or another go, so more individuals could be nourished with less meat.

Meatloaf is very easy to make. With all the process included it can be prepared in only two hours.

Easy Meatloaf Recipe

In the recipe of the meatloaf with red wine glaze, a red wine glaze brush over the meat can give the meatloaf a heavenly texture. The red wine glaze caramelizes as it bakes. For the glaze, the meatloaf can easily be paired with red wine.

Ingredients

  • Two slices of white sandwich bread, torn into pieces
  • A half cup of milk
  • One large egg
  • The yolk of a large egg
  • Two tablespoons indelicately chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 1 ½ teaspoon finely chopped sage
  • One teaspoon finely chopped thyme
  • One tablespoon kosher salt
  • Pinch of black pepper, freshly ground
  • Pinch of nutmeg, freshly grated
  • Pinch of cayenne pepper
  • ¾ cup of freshly grated Parmigiano-Reggiano cheddar
  • ¼ cup plain dry bread crumbs
  • Two tablespoons unsalted butter
  • One finely diced medium white onion
  • Four minced garlic cloves
  • One pound ground lamb
  • Half pound ground pork
  • Half pound ground veal
  • Vegetable oil, for brushing
  • 1 ¼ cups dry red wine
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • One finely chopped tomato
  • One teaspoon unsulfured molasses
  • Pinch of ground allspice

How to Make

  • Preheat the oven to 350°. In a big bowl, mix the bread pieces with the milk and squash into a paste. Include the entire egg, egg yolk, cleaved parsley, sage, thyme, salt, dark pepper, nutmeg, and cayenne and blend until smooth. Include the Parmigiano-Reggiano and dry bread crumbs and mix until altogether consolidated.
  • In a medium skillet, liquefy the butter. Include the onion and cook over medium heat until it gets soft around 7 minutes. Include the garlic and cook just until fragrant, 1 minute longer. Let cool, at that point exchange to the bowl. Include the lamb, pork, and veal and work until uniformly mixed.
  • Brush a medium oval baking dish with oil. Exchange the meatloaf mixture to the dish and pat it into a 4-by-12-inch oval portion. Prepare for around 50 minutes or until firm yet not exactly cooked through.
  • In the meantime, in a medium pot, mix the red wine with the sugar, slashed tomato, molasses and allspice and heat to the point of boiling over medium heat, blending to break up the sugar. Bubble until the point when the coating is thick and syrupy, around 15 minutes.
  • Brush half of the coating over the meatloaf. Keep heating for around 20 minutes longer, until the point that an instant-read thermometer embedded in the middle registers 150°; brush afresh with the rest of the coating amid preparing. Rest the meat for 15 minutes, then cut thickly and serve.

Make-Ahead

The meatloaf formula can be set up through Step 2 and refrigerated overnight. Prepare before serving.

Nutrition Facts

Meatloaf is principally made with meat, eggs, bread morsels, diced vegetables, and spices. Seasonings and diced vegetables include insignificant measures of calories; one egg adds 70 calories to the whole loaf as does the breadcrumbs. The genuine distinction in calories originates from what sort of meat you are utilizing, the cut of beef, lamb, pork, ground turkey or chicken.

Nutrition facts

Serving per recipe: 6
Serving size: 1 serving

Amount per serving
Calories 318.5
Total fat 20.5g
Saturated fat 8.5g
Polyunsaturated fat 2.0g
Monounsaturated fat 7.8g
Cholesterol  91.5g
Sodium  502.0mg
Potassium  225.4mg
Total Carbohydrate 15.7g
Dietary fiber 1.5g
Sugar 2.3g
Protein 16.8g
Vitamin A 3.5%
Vitamin B-12  37%
Vitamin B-6  7.3%
Vitamin C  1.6%
Vitamin D 1.1%
Vitamin E   1.2%
Calcium  6%
Copper 6.4%
Folate 10.5%
Iron  13.4%
Magnesium   6.5%
Manganese   10.9%
Niacin 28.9%
Pantothenic Acid 7.3%
Phosphorus 17%
Riboflavin 16.9%
Selenium 31.3%
Thiamin 19%
Zinc 19.8%

Meatloaf is an absolute crowd-pleaser. It’s not extravagant, but rather it is easy to make, and, I can guarantee you that having finally tasted it, extremely fulfilling to eat. As no doubt meatloaf itself would confirm.

About the author

Tommy Davis

Editor, Kitchen Appliance Guru

Hey, this is Tommy. I’m a kitchen appliance expert and like to write about my experience with different home and kitchen supplies in my free time. The reason I signed up for this job is because I’m a gourmet myself and that pretty much defines my obsession with food too. I’m also a DIY enthusiast who loves to create customized kitchen and dining accessories. That’s how I started designing personalized grills. I’ve mastered the art of grilling by travelling across the country, trying out various barbecue recipes along the way. Apart from examining foods, I’m invested in writing food reviews in a local newspaper and work as an editor and kitchenware researcher at Meatballly.

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