Yes, more bacon. I just finished our menu plan for this week and had to scribble out a meal because I had scheduled 3 bacon meals in one day. My oldest used to despise bacon… I wasn’t entirely sure that he was mine during his “hate bacon” phase. Now we fight over the bacon.
Beautifully cooked bacon that tastes like meatloaf and meatloaf that tastes like bacon. Because I’m always curious about what people serve as sides, I’ll tell you that we had steamed carrots, caramelized onions, and sauteed beets.
Lay the bacon out on a cookie sheet. Overlap the pieces slightly.
Get your ground beef into a large bowl.
Finely chop the onions. Or not finely…whatever you want. Someone needs to buy me
a pair of onion goggles
if I’m going to be the one chopping these onions!
Add the onions to the bowl along with garlic, egg, and tomato paste.
Next, add the almond meal and spices. You might think that adding nutmeg is weird. Well, it is weird….but add it anyway. It’s only a pinch and I promise it won’t taste funky!
On a piece of parchment paper, form the meat mixture into a loaf. It should be about the same length as the bacon so that there’s no bacon-less meatloaf.
See? The ends of my loaf are without bacon! The horror!! Center the loaf on top of the bacon, fold the bacon over the loaf, and turn over so the ends of the bacon are under the loaf.
Cook that bad boy in a 400 degree oven for an hour (or so). Your house will smell unbelievably delicious. You might end up with extra guests for supper if you cook it with your windows open. You’ve been warned. Let it sit for 5 minutes (if you can wait that long) before you cut it.
Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf
Ingredients
1 pound bacon
2 pounds ground beef
1/2 onion, finely chopped
2 teaspoons minced garlic
1 egg
3 heaping tablespoons tomato paste
1/2 cup almond meal
2 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon rosemary
1/2 teaspoon thyme
1/4 teaspoon pepper
pinch red pepper flakes
pinch nutmeg
Directions
Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Lay bacon on a cookie sheet, overlapping slightly.
In a large bowl, combine all remaining ingredients. On a piece of parchment paper, shape the beef mixture into a loaf approximately 14″ long (or long enough to be the same length as the bacon all laid out). Carefully turn the loaf, centered, onto the bacon. Fold the ends of the bacon over the loaf and roll the entire thing over so that the bacon ends are down.
Cook for 60-70 minutes, or until cooked through. Let it sit for 5 minutes before cutting.
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