Meatloaf is one of my favorite dinners. It's a dish of ground meat usually mixed with other ingredients then baked.
I'm vegetarian, but I make a meatloaf for my husband with ground meat, veggies and put an Italian sausage in the middle. He says it's delicious!
Well usually it's made from beef, lamp, pork, or veal... but I bet you could make some kind of a bean or tofu loaf.
I've made veggie nut roasts before, which are quite good. They aren't the same for a meat eater tho'. Where did meatloaf originate from, do you know?
It is a traditionally German, Scandinavian, and Belgian dish.
Didn't realize it was European in origin. Has it been adapted since coming over here?
cornmeal served by German-Americans in Pennsylvania since colonial times. Meatloaf in the contemporary American sense did not appear in cookbooks until the late 19th century.
International variations.
International variations Argentina.
In Argentina it is usually called "Pan de carne". It is typically filled with ham, cheese, and carrots (or some other vegetable).
International variations Austria.
The Austrian meatloaf version is called "Faschierter Braten". Most of the time it is not filled (e.g., in Germany), but
Meatloaf
Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat that has been mixed with other ingredients and formed into the shape of a loaf, then baked or smoked. The final shape is either hand-formed on a flat pan or created by cooking it in a loaf pan. It is usually made with ground beef, although ground lamb, pork, veal, venison, poultry and seafood are also used.
The cooked loaf can be sliced like a loaf of bread to make individual portions. Because the dish can become dry