Name: Baked steak cake
Yield: Serves 4–6
Cuisine: Australian
Ingredients: 1 onion, coarsely grated; 120 g grated cheddar cheese; 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce; 2 eggs, lightly beaten; 1 heaped teaspoon finely chopped parsley; 30 g butter, melted; 100 g (1 cup) grated cheddar cheese; 250 ml (1 cup) milk; 2 teaspoons tomato sauce; ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper; ½ teaspoon salt; pinch of cayenne pepper; 150 g (1 cup) self-raising flour; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; 700 g beef mince; 90 g bacon, chopped

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Serves
4–6

Difficulty
Easy

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Tried, Tested and True

By Liz Harfull

Published 2018

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This recipe is a twist on the classic meatloaf found in just about every Australian community cookbook in the 1970s and early 1980s. I chose it from all the others because of its unusual topping, which takes only moments to make and comes up light and golden. For an economical outlay, this recipe also provides more than enough to feed at least four people.

The recipe was contributed by Kath. ‘It’s one from my mum. She was a good cook, but you didn’t have fancy meals in those days an

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