The meatloaf is heart shaped. It is rather difficult to see in the pictures.
Ingredients:
1/2 pound Ground Beef
1/4 cup Parmesan Bread crumbs
1/4 teaspoon Pepper
Dash Salt
1 small Onion~chopped( but not too small)
1 Egg
Mix the ingredients together in a bowl.
I use my hands to get it thoroughly mixed, but you
can use a fork instead. Make six little balls with the ground beef.
Flatten the beef out with your hands.
Cut the meat with a heart shaped cookie cutter.
Place the six hearts on parchment paper on a baking sheet.
Adjust them by making the center V of the heart a little deeper.
These are going to shrink a little. Firm them up with your hands by
pressing the sides so they are together. We don't want them to fall
apart like a burger might if it is not molded together well.
Bake at 350 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Keep an eye on them. See the spoon under the baking sheet.
I put that there so the grease would run away from the meat.
They kept their shape pretty well. I flipped over each one,
and cleaned any edges or grease that might have collected.
I added mashed potatoes and gravy!
Happy Valentine's Day!!
that is so good of you to do this! I now have an other use for my cookie cutters :)
ReplyDeleteYou are a far better wife than I. Much like you, I am not a fan of meatloaf. At. All. But hubby just adores it. But he doesn't get it very often since myself and 4 of our 5 kids don't eat it. I love that you used the heart cookie cutters. Maybe he deserves a Valentine's meatloaf this year. :)
ReplyDeleteYou are so good to do this for your husband. I am not a big meatloaf fan either but it is probably my hubby's favorite. I make it whenever he asks and he is wise enough not to ask too often.
ReplyDeleteI put a layer of mashed potatoes in between two layers of meatloaf and I can eat it, that way.