Granite City Inspired Meatloaf Recipe

• 4 slices bacon
• 3 tablespoons butter
• 1 cup shallot, chopped small, not minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 1 celery rib, chopped small, not minced
• 1 medium carrot, chopped small, not minced
• 1 cup Guinness stout
• 3 beef bouillon cubes
• 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 1/3 cup steak sauce, and
• 2 tablespoons steak sauce
• 2/3 cup ketchup, divided use
• 1 1/2 lbs lean hamburger, no more than 10% fat
• 3/4 lb pork sausage
• 2 large eggs
• 2 cups unseasoned breadcrumbs
• 1/3 cup brown sugar

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2. Fry bacon in large pan/skillet and remove when done. Remove all but about 3 tbsp grease.
3. Remove pan from heat and add butter, let it sit until melted.
4. Add shallots, garlic and celery and saute over medium heat for about 1 minute.
5. Add carrots and saute for about 1 minute.
6. Add Guinness, bouillon cubes, pepper and stir well. Add 1/3 cup steak sauce and 1/3 cup ketchup. Return to simmer/very low boil and let simmer for about 90 seconds. Remove from heat.
7. Chop fried bacon. Combine hamburger, pork, eggs, bread crumbs, and bacon in large mixing bowl; mix well with spoon or hands.
8. Add brown sugar and shallot and Guinness mixture from pan and mix well.
9. Knead until consistently moist - add more bread crumbs if too wet, or more Guinness if too dry - it should be a moist but not wet consistency. (we ended up adding more breadcrumbs. I would guess we used at least 3 cups total) Form into an evenly shaped loaf in a large pan - this will NOT fit in a normal meatloaf pan.
10. Wipe top and sides with the remaining 1/3 ketchup mixed with the remaining 2 tbsp steak sauce.
11. Bake about 75 minutes in preheated oven at 350 degrees F - until center of loaf measures 160+ with meat thermometer.

bacon, butter, shallot, garlic, celery, carrot, stout, ground black pepper, steak sauce, steak sauce, ketchup, lean hamburger, pork sausage, eggs, breadcrumbs, brown sugar

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/granite-city-inspired-meatloaf-recipe-401106 (may not work)