Halloween Meatloaf before cremation
One scary meal, fit for halloween.
Ingredients:
Meatloaf:
1 kg (2 lb.) ground beef
1 onion, grated,
1 egg
2 tablespoons breadcrumbs
2 cloves of garlic
1 sprig of rosemary, leaves chopped
salt & pepper
Mummification:
ketchup mixed with hot hot sauce
2 yellow tomatoes (eyes)
blanched almonds
1 package bacon
Sauce:
Drippings from the pan
1 cup milk or whipping cream
2-3 teaspoons redcurrant jelly
a few drops of kulør* or gravy browning
salt
milk & all-purpose flour mixed to thicken the sauce
Directions:
Preheat oven to 400℉ (200℃).
Mix the meats with the rest of the ingredients. Form a round loaf with indents for eyes and an open mouth in an ovenproof pan. Place the almonds like teeth in the mouth. Brush the loaf with ketchup mixture. Wrap the bacon around the meatloaf. Use yellow tomatoes for eyes.
Cook the meatloaf in the oven for about 20 minutes. Add about a cup of warm water to the pan, this will later be used for the sauce. Cook for 10-15 minutes more until it reaches a center temperature of about 167℉ (75℃).
The cremated halloween meatloaf
Pour the pan drippings into a sauce pan and heat it. Add milk and red currant jelly and thicken the sauce with milk and flour. Season with red currant jelly and salt.
Serve the meatloaf with mashed potatoes.
Enjoy!