Lish Nelson's Meatloaf
- l medium onion
- 2 slices firm white sandwich bread
- 1 large egg
- 2 pounds ground beef chuck
- 2 cups canned tomato sauce
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- 1 cup water
- 1/4 cup cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup packed light brown sugar
- 1/4 cup yellow (ball-park) mustard
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Finely chop onion.
- Cut enough bread into 1/2-inch cubes to measure 1 1/4 cups.
- In a large bowl lightly beat egg.
- Add chuck, onion, bread cubes, 1 cup tomato sauce, salt, and pepper and lightly blend with hands until just combined.
- In a roasting pan form mixture into a roughly 9- by 5-inch loaf and bake in middle of oven 10 minutes.
- While meatloaf is baking, in a small saucepan whisk together water, vinegar, brown sugar, mustard, and remaining cup tomato sauce and bring to a boil over moderate heat.
- After meatloaf has baked 10 minutes, spoon enough sauce over meatloaf to coat it.
- Continue to bake meatloaf, spooning more sauce over it after 30 minutes, 1 hour and 10 minutes more, or until a thermometer inserted in center registers 160F.
- Let meatloaf stand in pan on a rack 10 minutes.
- Return sauce remaining in saucepan to a boil and simmer 1 minute.
- Serve meatloaf with sauce on the side.
onion, bread, egg, ground beef chuck, tomato sauce, salt, freshly ground black pepper, water, cider vinegar, brown sugar, mustard
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/lish-nelsons-meatloaf-100648 (may not work)