{"id":6194,"date":"2015-10-19T03:05:15","date_gmt":"2015-10-19T03:05:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/?p=6194"},"modified":"2023-06-03T20:04:51","modified_gmt":"2023-06-04T03:04:51","slug":"meatloaf-tips-and-tricks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/meatloaf-tips-and-tricks\/","title":{"rendered":"Tips:  Meatloaf"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel&#8217;s meatloaf<\/p>\n<p>Hamburger pork combination or lamb if that sounds good<br \/>\nBreadcrumbs soaked in milk and then run out<br \/>\nOne egg<br \/>\nGreen onions, garlic, minced, parsley, Celery, salt, pepper, LEMON zest<br \/>\nDrizzle olive oil then mixed with hand&#8217;s. Bake at 425\u00b0 for 30 minutes<\/p>\n<p>Leftover Meatloaf Tricks<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Serve a warmed over slide with a fried egg on top for breakfast<\/li>\n<li>Dip a slice in egg wash and then panko bread crumnbs and fry in a skillet till browned<\/li>\n<li>Start on low heat &#8211; about 325\u00ba &#8211; and cook till internal temp reaches about 165\u00ba &#8211; glaze at about 15 minutes<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The goal of a casserole is not to prepare a restaurant-quality showpiece, but is rather to feed the hungry and heartbroken.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Allow for drainage, or you could get a soggy bottom. There are meatloaf pans that have holes in them to let the grease drop to the bottom of the pan.<\/li>\n<li>A casserole should have kind of a creamy mouth feel to it, have a crunchy top (traditionally Ritz Crackers) and you should be able to identify the individual components within the casserole.<\/li>\n<li>Add a bit of cornstarch to your meat and it will gel some of the run-off.&nbsp; Shredded Parmesan also does this.<\/li>\n<li>The advent of soup make it unnecessary to start with a <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/B%C3%A9chamel_sauce\"><strong>bechemel sauce<\/strong><\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Velout%C3%A9_sauce\"><strong>veloute sauce<\/strong><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Many meatloaf recipes use stale bread crumbs. Try these options:<br \/>\n&#8211; Use a fresh and hearty loaf such as French bread<br \/>\n&#8211; Use dry oatmeal &#8211; not minute oats, but traditional rolled oats<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rachel&#8217;s meatloaf Hamburger pork combination or lamb if that sounds good Breadcrumbs soaked in milk and then run out One egg Green onions, garlic, minced, parsley, Celery, salt, pepper, LEMON zest Drizzle olive oil then mixed with hand&#8217;s. Bake at 425\u00b0 for 30 minutes Leftover Meatloaf Tricks Serve a warmed over slide with a fried &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/meatloaf-tips-and-tricks\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Tips:  Meatloaf&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[87,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6194","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-tips-tricks-and-tools","category-grandpas-private-collection"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6194"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22919,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6194\/revisions\/22919"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6194"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6194"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.grandpacooks.com\/recipes\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6194"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}