Delicious Meatloaf with Relish and Bacon

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Delicious Meatloaf with Relish and Bacon

This meatloaf is not your ordinary meatloaf because I have created a nice homemade relish that is mixed in the meat mixture and then placed on top as it is cooked.  This delicious addition makes it unique in its flavors.

If you like meatloaf sandwiches the next day, this will also please you as the flavors are enhanced upon reheating or just eating it cooled.  Whichever way you like it, I am sure you will be pleased with my version of meatloaf.

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Ingredients 

Meatloaf:

• 3 slices of white bread, remove the crusts, tear into chunks
• 1/4 cup of whole milk
• 1 1/2 lbs of lean ground beef
• 1/2 lb of ground pork
• 1/2 lb of ground veal
• 2 eggs
• 2 sprigs of thyme leaves
• Salt
• Ground pepper
• 4 slices of bacon

Relish:

• 1 onion, finely diced
• 2 cloves of garlic, minced
• 2 bay leaves
• 2 red bell peppers, cored, seeded, and finely diced
• 2 tomatoes, finely diced
• 1/4 cup of parsley, finely chopped (flat leaf)
• 1  12 ounce bottle of heinz ketchup
• 1 tlb of worcestershire sauce
• Salt and pepper
• Olive oil

Tomato Relish

Formed Meatloaf

Formed Meatloaf with relish and bacon on top

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Directions

​​Relish

1. Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Counting to two pour olive oil into a hot skillet
3. Saute the onion, garlic, and bay leaves for a few minutes on medium heat.
4. Toss in the red peppers and cook until they are soft, about two minutes on medium heat.
5. Add the tomatoes and cook for one minute
6. Stir in the parsley, ketchup and worcestershire sauce and season to your taste with salt and pepper.
7. Simmer the relish for around 5 minutes and remove from the heat.

Meatloaf 

1. Soak the torn up bread in the milk and set aside.
2. In a large mixing bowl, combine the beef, pork and veal with 1 1/2 cups of the relish, eggs, thyme, salt and pepper to taste.
3. Squeeze the extra milk out of the bread and add the soaked bread to the meat mixture.  
4. On a lightly oiled baking sheet, form the meatloaf, should be about 9 inches long and the height about 5 inches.
5. Coat the top of the meatloaf with 1/2 cup of tomato relish.
6. Lay the bacon across the top lengthwise.
7. Bake for 1 1/2 hours until the bacon is crisp and the meatloaf is firm, rotating midway through the cooking cycle.
8. Let it cool for five minutes before slicing.  Serve with a side of relish, mashed potato and your favorite vegetable.

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