Tonight's dinner

[lionkingcmsl]

After spending some cash at Family Dollar and using up some supplies I had around I decided to make a meatloaf. Not a "normal" meatloaf, but one that is, like the lion, different.

Some of the readers of this LJ may recall John, "Timm Woolfe", Hey's cookbook The Lone Wolf's Survival Guide: Food for the Solo Fur. In it he has what he calls the "All-purpose Meatloaf", pages 38 & 39. I followed the basic recipe, but with some changes.

My recipe:
Pre-heat your oven to 350 degress F
1.32 lbs 80% lean ground meat
1/2 cup dried bread crumbs
1 large egg lightly beaten
1/3 cup Chianti wine Yes, you read that correctly Chianti wine
1 packet Lipton Dried Onion soup/dip mix
A couple of big "glurgs" of Lea & Perrins Worcestershire sauce
1 1/2 teaspoons of dry mustard
1 6 oz. can of tomato paste

Put everything in a large bowl and mix with your hands until well blended and the color is even. Hey, using your hands is traditional; just be sure to wash them first. :=3

When well mixed pat into a small to medium loaf pan, mine was glass. Top mixture with some sliced carrots. mine were canned.

Put into oven for 45 minutes or so.

I put the rest of the carrots into a small sauce pan and jazzed them up with some ground cloves.

So after 45 minutes the moment of truth:

As you can see it looks great. Now for the final verdict: how does it taste? Let me put it this way I would not hesitate to serve this at a dinner party, though it is a bit "crumbly" when served. :=3

The Chianti offsets the slight tartness of the tomato paste, and the onion mix gives it a bit of bite. BTW, that is a glass of Chianti next to my plate. The dinner was filling and I have some left over.

I drank a toast to Timm Woolfe, who always said, "Play with your food." :=3

Comments

[smrgol-t-kirin.livejournal.com]

Mom says "Try two eggs or use tomato sauce instead of tomato paste to make it less crumbly. It's a bit too dry"

Other than that she says that it sounds great.

[skipai.livejournal.com]

Or for that really weird flavour, wonder what marmite would make for being in a meatloaf? Hmm.

[smrgol-t-kirin.livejournal.com]

Marmite would work. I'd substitute it for the Wooster sauce.
You would probably have to add a bit of liquid though.

Marmite over here is expen$ive though. Wooster sauce is cheap by comparison for pretty much the same flavour.