The last piece of the puzzle, I am so sorry I didn’t get to post all the elements of our Christmas lunch earlier but finally I have done it, thank God. May be you can use it for other special occasions or for up coming new year 2019.
Well we have started with our delicious starter: ANCHOVY AND DRIED TOMATO BROCHETTE then came our so easy but delicate first course,SPAGHETTI WITH FISH AND CHERRY TOMATOES now we have got the main dish which is a BEEF MEATLOAF and for our dessert we have my all time favorite CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIES AND HOT CHOCOLATE WITH MARSHMALLOW .
Serve: 8 portions
Ingredients
For the meatloaf
- 800gramms ground beef
- 2 slices of bread
- A little bit of milk enough to wet the bread
- 4 eggs
- A mixture of onion, celery, carrot chopped and cooked
- Different kinds of spices of your choice
- 1 freshly crushed garlic
- Fresh rosemary
- Salt and pepper
- olive oil
For the gravy
- A little bit of butter
- Some flour
- The liquid that is going to come out of the meatloaf
For the oven roasted potatoes
- 1/2 a kilo of potatoes
- 4 small rosemary
- Freshly ground pepper
- pinch of salt
- olive oil
Procedure
- Preheat the oven to 180c/356F
- Cook 3 of the eggs, they have to be hard boiled
- In a small bowl soak the bread with the milk
- In a big bowl add the ground beef , onion, garlic, the spices, one whole egg, the bread squeezed of excess milk, salt, pepper mix well put it the fridge
- Peel and cut the potatoes. Season them and put them on a tray ready to be cooked
- When the eggs are cooked drain and peel
- On a parchment paper spread the mixture of meat, put the 3 eggs in the middle cover them with the beef and make a cylinder shaped meatloaf
- Put some rosemary leaves on the side and over the meatloaf. Drizzle with a little bit of oil
- Roll the parchment paper over the meatloaf very tightly and tie the ends
- Transfer the meatloaf to the cooking tray and cook for 1hour and 15minutes (until the liquid coming out of the loaf is clear)
- While the meatloaf is resting lets prepare the gravy
- In a small pot add the butter and the flour stir till amalgamated, add the broth that came out of the meatloaf after it is cooked and stir constantly
- When it has the desired consistency take it out of the fire and serve with the meatloaf
- After 10minutes of rest cut the meatloaf add the gravy and some potatoes. HAPPY HOLIDAYS.