Meat Loaf/Corned Beef Luncheon Meat
Meat Loaf/Corned Beef/Luncheon Meat
My Mum always told me Don't Loaf around, come straight home. So I used to come Home and Loaf around hahaMeat Loaf sandwiches used to be my favourite after-school snack. My Mum used to Love the store-bought tinned Meat Loaf that our relatives living abroad would get for us. But when she learnt to make it at home, we never really enjoyed the tinned stuff anymore.My Mum usually makes a paste form which is easier to spread on sandwiches. Very recently, a friend wanted to enjoy a baked MeatLoaf which she had enjoyed years ago & that's hows I landed up making this after many years.
Servings 6 people
Ingredients
- 500 gms Beef Mince
- 350 gms Pork Bacon strips or Bacon Mince
- 2 Eggs
- 3 Slices of bread or 1 Bread roll
- 1.5 Tspn Pepper Powder
- 1 Tspn Cinnamon powder(if your're using store bought cinnamon powder use 1 Tspn because it's very light. If you're grinding fresh Cinnamon at home or using Organic Cinnamon powder, use just about 1/2 Tspn because the flavour is always stronger)
- 2 Tbspn Lemon Juice
- 1 Tspn Salt
- Rose Pink Food Colour
- Some Butter or Oil for greasing the tin
Instructions
- In a wide bowl, Soak the bread slices/Bread Roll
- Grease a baking tin with oil or butter, on all sides and keep asideNote:- I've used a 4 x 9 inches tin with 3 inches height
If using Bacon Strip
- Squeeze out all the juices off the bacon strips and roughly chop them into small bits
- Transfer the chopped Bacon strips into a small mixer jar and make a paste out of it
- In bowl or vessel, add all the ingredients (except butter) mentioned aboveNote: Squeeze out all the water from the soaked bread and transfer the bread into the bowl
- Now using your hands, Mix all these ingredients well
- Transfer this mix into the greased tin and gently flatten it and cover/seal it with an aluminium foil sheet
- In a Large Vessel, place a metal stand and Add 2 cups of water into the vessel and place the MeatLoaf tin on the standNote: The Metal Stand is optional. You can place the tin directly into the vessel with water
- Cover the large vessel with a lid and let this steam for 45 minutes on medium flame
- Once done, do not take off the foil sheet until the Meat Loaf tin comes to room temperature. You can then eat it immediately or keep it in the chiller section of your refrigerator.Notes-Placing the MeatLoaf into the refrigerator will make the Meatloaf more firm and will help you cut better slices-You can also make a paste out of the Meatloaf and add Butter or Mayonnaise to the Meatloaf paste and spread it on Sandwich bread! Yummm! 🙂
- Enjoy this Simple, Easy, yet extremely flavorful Meatloaf to make Sandwiches, Salads, Chilly fry or Cutlets.
- The best part is that this recipe is Kid-friendly! Note: You can avoid adding artificial food colour to the Meatloaf if you wish. Food colour does not in anyway enhance flavour or Taste. It is used only to enhance appearance/look.If you can get Natural Beetroot colour or can make it at home(Peel,Grate,Sun Dry the beetroots till brittle and then grind it into a powder) you can use that as well, especially if making it for kiddies. The one you see in this picture, is made without any food colour
- Note:For those who do not eat Pork or Beef, you can substitute Beef Mince with Chicken Mince and Pork Bacon with Turkey Bacon