Jan 10, 2021

Meatloaf Patties

Ingredients

  • 1lb 90% lean ground beef
  • 0.5 cups diced onions
  • 0.5 cups panko bread crumbs
  • 0.25 cups + 1T (2.5oz) red wine
  • 2.25oz drained sliced black olives (1 small can)
  • 0.25 cups “Italian style” tomato sauce
  • 1 large egg, beaten
  • 4-6 large cloves of fresh garlic, pressed
  • 1T chopped fresh “Italian” herbs
  • 1t garlic powder
  • 1t dried oregano
  • 1t cracked black pepper
  • 0.5t crushed red pepper
  • 0.5t hot sauce

Process

Add breadcrumbs, dried herbs and spices, wine, and tomato sauce to a small bowl. Stir well and let liquid absorb for at least 10 minutes. Meanwhile, preheat oven to 375 degrees Fahrenheit and combine all other ingredients in a mixing bowl. Add soaked breadcrumbs and mix by hand until everything is well incorporated and mixture is relatively homogeneous. Form into four equally sized patties.

Bake on a non-stick baking sheet for about 20 minutes, or until internal temperature reaches approximately 160 degrees Fahrenheit (or desired doneness).

Notes

I think my favorite meatloaf application is the leftover meatloaf sandwich (a hearty slab of meatloaf reheated in tomato sauce with a nice slice of cheese, maybe provolone, melted on top, served on a simple store-bought bun). Recently I decided to just cut to the chase and bake a “meatloaf” in the patty form factor directly. This definitely worked.

The above ratios would almost certainly work just as well for a larger “Italian style” meatloaf (please don’t hurt me pedantic Italian Food Twitter—I know this almost certainly isn’t real Italian food); just form into one big loaf and adjust baking time as necessary.

By a “non-stick baking sheet,” I mean a normal baking sheet that has been made to be non-stick in some way (by greasing, spraying with a non-stick spray, topping with a silicon mat, etc.). By “Italian” herbs I mean flat leaf parsley, basil, oregano, and/or other herbs in that genre.

I didn’t feel like making tomato sauce from scratch when I made this, so I used Ragu Chunky “Garden Combination,” which seemed to work well enough for my purposes.

Finally, instead of (or in addition to) garlic powder, dried minced garlic works very well.