Food > Recipe Directory > Courses/Meal Type > Main Course > St. Patrick's Day Meat Loaf

St. Patrick's Day Meat Loaf Recipe

St. Patrick's Day Meat Loaf

Homemakers Best Tested
By
The Homemakers Test Kitchen
Photography by
Kevin Hewitt
This hearty meat loaf, surrounded by roast potatoes, is inspired by the flavours of Ireland. The liver is optional, but it adds richness and depth of flavour, as well as extra nutrients; no one will even know that it's there.

Ingredients

1 cup  (250 mL)  rolled oats
3/4 cups  (175 mL)  stout, such as Guinness
2 eggs
2 tbsp  (30 mL)  hot or Dijon mustard
1 tbsp  (15 mL)  Worcestershire sauce
2 tsp  (10 mL)  chopped fresh thyme (or 3/4 tsp/4 mL dried)
1-1/4 tsp  (6 mL)  salt
3/4 tsp  (4 mL)  pepper
1/4 tsp  (1 mL)  ground cloves
1 onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 lbs  (1 kg)  lean ground beef
6 oz  (175 g)  beef liver, minced (optional)
12 fresh or dried bay leaves
6 slices bacon
3 lbs  (1.5 kg)  potatoes, peeled and cut into chunks
1 tbsp  (15 mL)  vegetable oil

Preparation

Soak oats in stout for 10 minutes. In large bowl, whisk together eggs, mustard, Worcestershire sauce, thyme, 1 tsp/5 mL of the salt, 1/2 tsp/2 mL of the pepper and cloves. Mix in onion, garlic and oats mixture; mix in beef and liver (if using) until well combined.

Shape into loaf; place in greased metal roasting pan. Lay bay leaves on top, then bacon, tucking in sides. Mix potatoes with oil and the remaining salt and pepper; spread around meat loaf. Bake in 350F/180C oven, turning potatoes occasionally, until potatoes are golden and centre of meat loaf reaches 160F/71C, about 90 minutes.

Find lots more inspiration, check out our Best St. Patrick's Day recipes

St. Patrick's Day Meat Loaf
Cooking Time
1 Hour 30 Minutes
Serving(s)
8
Nutritional Information
Per serving: about
Calories 555
Protein 30 g
Fat (total) 27 g
Sat. Fat 11 g
Carbohydrate 39 g
Fibre 3 g
Cholesterol 126 mg
Sodium 633 mg
Calcium 4 % RDI
Iron 26 % RDI
Vitamin A 2 % RDI
Vitamin C 18 % RDI
Folate 14 % RDI

Also in this menu:

Advertisement

Source

Homemakers Magazine: February/March 2007

_

Comments

Advertisement

Sign up for Insider Access,
Our Free E-Newsletter

Contests, recipes, member-only perks and more! Get Homemakers.com's monthly newsletter.

Newsletter

get your
Download of the Month

Weekly meal budget tracker

Could you cut your grocery bill without sacrificing nutrition, variety and taste? Find out by pricing out how much you're spending on your average dinner meal.

Download now!

how to
Follow Homemakers Online

Contests

more contests

Partners

Advertisement Advertisement

Transcontinental Media contact information

Médias Transcontinental
Street Address
1100 Boulevard René-Lévesque Ouest
Extended Address
24th floor
Locality
Montréal
Region
QC
Country
CA
Postal Code
H3B 4X9
Latitude
45°29' 55" N
Longitude
73°34' 13" W
Work
+1 514 392 9000
Fax
+1 514 392 1489