Meatloaf with Creamy Onion Gravy

Name: Meatloaf with Creamy Onion Gravy
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 12
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon canola oil; 1 large onion (finely chopped); 2 large carrots (finely chopped); 1 celery rib (finely chopped); 2 garlic cloves (minced); 1 ½ cups panko bread crumbs; 4 large eggs; 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard; 2 tablespoons ketchup; 2 tablespoons Worcestershire sauce; 1 teaspoon Tabasco; Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; 3 pounds ground beef chuck; 1 pound ground pork; ½ pound Monterey Jack cheese (cut into 1/2-inch cubes); Creamy Onion Gravy

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"This is a culmination of all the meatloaf I've ever eaten," says Andrew Curren, chef-partner of 24 Diner in Austin. "My mom always made a good meatloaf—it never had the tomato goo on top of it. Then I tasted a meat loaf that had cheese in it; that was a good idea. In Italy, I was introduced to sofrito and realized the importance of cooking with carrots, onion, celery." Curren serves the meatloaf with creamy gravy, which is also excellent on lunchtime meatloaf sandwiches. More All-American Recipes

By Andrew Curren

November 2011

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Recipe Summary

active:

45 mins

total:

1 hr 30 mins

Yield:

Directions

Step 1
Preheat the oven to 400°. In a medium skillet, heat the oil. Add the onion, carrots, celery and garlic and cook over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 8 minutes. Scrape the mixture into a very large bowl and let cool. Add the panko, eggs, mustard, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco, 1 1/2 tablespoons of salt and 1 teaspoon of pepper and stir to form a paste. Using your hands, work in the ground meats and cheese until combined.

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Step 2
Line a large roasting pan with parchment paper. Firmly pat the meat mixture into 2 loaves, about 10 inches long. Arrange the loaves 3 inches apart on the parchment and roast in the lower third of the oven for about 1 hour, until lightly browned and an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center of the loaves registers 150°. Let the meatloaf rest for 15 minutes, then cut into thick slices and serve with the Creamy Onion Gravy.

Make Ahead

The baked meat loaves can be covered and refrigerated for up to 4 days. Cut the meat loaves into thick slices and brown in a skillet to serve.

Suggested Pairing

Medium-bodied Rhône-style red blend.

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Food & Wine Member

09/29/2021

I didn't make the creamy onion gravy (made a ketchup-based glaze instead), but the meatloaf itself is the best I've ever had.

bettybil

02/28/2021

Two questions before I make it:

1) Should the loaves be baked on a rack in the roasting pan? It seems as if not the drippings will make the meat loaf mushy.

2) The onion cream gravy: One reviewer said the stock amount listed was too much. Please confirm that the amount listed is correct.

Thank you.

Food & Wine Member

11/14/2020

I halved the recipe and added an egg and used shredded Monterey Jack cheese. I added more organic carrots and celery to the mix. Then I baked an hour and ten minutes so the loaf was crusty and brown black on the bottom. Superb. The veggie mix was great in the loaf. I am going to add some Italian squash in the next batch since the veggie touch is delightful. The gravy is very nice but this loaf needs nothing to be very tasty on its own. It does not have the bready texture so I think I enjoy the toasty Panko bite more. The best meatloaf ever. I am baking a couple of loafs and will keep one instead of some coldcuts. Its that much better and goes with everything

Daniel_Cooks

11/04/2019

All-I find F&W is excellent in always providing the recipe for accompanying sauces, just hover your mouse over the term Creamy Onion Gravy in the ingredient list and the cursor turns into a pointing hand. This means it is a "click thru" link to the named recipe/sauce/whatever. Same always. You are welcome. ;-)

H Louie

09/05/2017

fantastic. perfectly seasoned. makes enough for an army. Will make again and again

Christy Torres

11/08/2016

Where is the creamy onion gravy recipe?

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