Meatloaf

Ingredients

• •1 cup fine fresh bread crumbs (from 2 slices firm white sandwich bread)
• •⅓ cup whole milk
• •1 medium onion
• •3 cloves garlic
• •1 medium celery rib
• •1 medium carrot
• •2 tablespoons unsalted butter
• •2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce
• •1 tablespoon cider vinegar
• •¼ teaspoon ground allspice
• •¼ pound bacon
• •½ cup pitted prunes
• •1½ pounds ground beef chuck
• •½ pound ground pork
• •2 large eggs
• •⅓ cup flat-leaf parsley
• •1 serving cooked bacon

Cooking Instructions

1. 1.

   Preheat oven to 350°F with rack in middle.

   5 min

2. 2.

   Soak bread crumbs in milk in a large bowl.

   5 min

3. 3.

   Meanwhile, cook onion, garlic, celery, and carrot in butter in a large heavy skillet over medium heat, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes. Cover skillet and reduce heat to low, then cook until carrot is tender, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and stir in Worcestershire sauce, vinegar, allspice, 2 teaspoons salt, and 1 1/2 teaspoons pepper. Add to bread-crumb mixture.

   10 min

4. 4.

   Finely chop bacon and prunes in a food processor, then add to onion mixture along with beef, pork, eggs, and parsley and mix together with your hands.

   10 min

5. 5.

   Pack mixture into a 9- by 5-inch oval loaf in a 13- by 9-inch shallow baking dish or pan.

   5 min

6. 6.

   Bake until an instant-read thermometer inserted into center of meatloaf registers 155°F, 1 to 1 1/4 hours. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.

   85 min