Meat loaf with blue cheese filling

Name: Meat loaf with blue cheese filling
Yield: Serves 4-5
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 450 g lean beef or lamb mince; 100 g smoked rindless streaky bacon; butter for greasing; ½ level teaspoon chilli powder; 100 g St Agur or other blue cheese; sea salt, black pepper; 1 tablespoon whole milk; 2 medium free-range eggs; 75 g chestnut mushrooms; 1 small-medium onion; 1 rounded teaspoon dried oregano; 6 tablespoons tomato ketchup; 50 g fresh brown breadcrumbs

Preparation info

Serves
4-5

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Orchards in the Oasis

By Josceline Dimbleby

Published 2010

About

Meat loaf, like shepherd’s pie, is true comfort food and deserves a revival. Of the many versions I have experimented with, this one is my favourite. It is rich in flavour and oozing with tangy cheese.

Ingredients

450 g lean beef or lamb mince
1 small-medium onion
100 g

Americas
United States
Main course

Method

Heat the oven to 180°C/Gas 4 and butter a 1 kg loaf tin. Put the mince into a large bowl. Peel the onion. Chop the onion, bacon and mushrooms finely and add to the mince. Stir in the breadcrumbs, oregano and 3 tablespoons tomato ketchup. Whisk 1 egg and stir thoroughly into the mixture, then season