Country Meat Loaf With Tomato Relish

Recipe Ingredients

		Tomato Relish
2 tablespoons	30ml	Olive oil
2		Garlic cloves - minced
2		Bay leaves
1		Onion - diced
2		Red bell peppers - seeded, chopped
2		Tomatoes - seeded, chopped
1/4 cup	10g / 0.4oz	Chopped flat-leaf parsley
1 tablespoon	15ml	Worcestershire sauce
12 oz	340g	Bottled ketchup
		Meatloaf
1 1/2 lbs	681g / 24oz	Ground beef
1 lb	454g / 16oz	Ground pork
3		Eggs
2 tablespoons	30ml	Fresh thyme leaves
		Salt - to taste
		Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste

Recipe Instructions

For the tomato relish, coat a skillet with olive oil and place over medium heat. Saute the garlic, bay leaves, and onion together until they caramelize. Add the red peppers and cook until soft. Add the tomatoes, parsley and Worcestershire sauce, cook for 10 minutes until the vegetables cook down. Stir in the ketchup and continue to cook until heated through, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the ground beef and pork together with your hands. Fold in 1/2 cup of the tomato relish. Add the eggs and thyme and mix with both hands just until blended. Do not over mix or the meat loaf will become dense and tough. Season with salt and pepper.

Coat a 9- by 5-inch loaf pan with nonstick spray. Fill the loaf pan with the meat mixture, mounding it a bit on top. Generously spoon some tomato relish on the surface. When cooked, this will form a top crust. Place the loaf pan on a cookie sheet and bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours or until the meat loaf has pulled away from the sides of the pan.

Remove from pan, allow to cool slightly before cutting into slices. Serve with remaining sauce on the side.

This recipe yields 6 to 8 servings.

Source:
FOOD 911 with Tyler Florence - (Show # FO-1B09) - from the TV FOOD NETWORK

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