🍽️ Juicy Herb Meatloaf with Fresh Thyme

Name: Juicy Herb Meatloaf with Fresh Thyme
Total time: 30 min
Yield: 4 servings
Ingredients: 1 stale roll; 50 g bacon (sliced); 2 onions; 1 garlic clove; 1 tbsp butter; 2 sprigs parsley; 3 sprigs thyme; 2 sprigs marjoram; 1 kg mixed minced meat; 2 eggs; 60 g breadcrumbs; salt; pepper; 1 tbsp medium-hot mustard; 1 tbsp rapeseed oil (for the pan and brushing)

891 kcal · 30 min · 4 servings

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Ingredients

1 stale roll
50 g bacon (sliced)
2 onions
1 garlic clove
1 tbsp butter
2 sprigs parsley
3 sprigs thyme
2 sprigs marjoram
1 kg mixed minced meat
2 eggs
60 g breadcrumbs
salt
pepper
1 tbsp medium-hot mustard
1 tbsp rapeseed oil (for the pan and brushing)

Instructions

1. Take a bread roll and place it in a bowl with lukewarm water.
2. Cut the bacon into small cubes.
3. Peel the onions and garlic and chop them finely.
4. Heat the butter in a frying pan.
5. Fry the onions, garlic, and bacon for about 3 minutes over medium heat.
6. Remove the pan from the heat and let the mixture cool down slightly.
7. Wash the parsley, thyme, and marjoram and shake them dry.
8. Finely chop the parsley and marjoram.
9. Set aside one whole sprig of thyme.
10. Strip the needles from the remaining thyme sprigs and chop them finely.
11. Squeeze the soaked bread roll well to remove excess liquid.
12. Mix the squeezed bread roll with the cooled bacon-onion mixture.
13. Add the minced meat, the chopped parsley and marjoram leaves, and the chopped thyme needles.
14. Add the eggs and the breadcrumbs to the mixture.
15. Season everything generously with salt, pepper, and mustard.
16. Knead the mixture until it is homogeneous and uniform.
17. Taste the mixture again and adjust the seasoning if necessary.
18. Grease a loaf pan with a length of 32 cm with oil.
19. Fill the minced meat mixture into the prepared pan.
20. Brush the surface of the mixture with a little oil.
21. Preheat the oven.
22. Bake the meatloaf at 200 °C (convection 180 °C or gas mark 3) for 1 to 1.5 hours.
23. Remove the finished meatloaf from the oven.
24. Place the meatloaf on a preheated platter.
25. Garnish the meatloaf with the fresh thyme sprig set aside earlier.
26. Serve the meatloaf hot.

Nutrition per serving

kcal: 891
Protein: 55 g · Fett/Fat: 66 g · Carbs: 20 g