Bacon Double Cheeseburger Stuffed Meatloaf

Hello Everyone! How was your Thanksgiving?

We had an amazing time. It's First Day of December tomorrow, Can you believe it? It's crazy how time is really going fast.

It's Sunday and I like to have  a Special Dinner before we get back to our healthier diet, It's been a lot of eating these couple of days but I'm just really in a mood to cook something special for dinner tonight. So I made this meatloaf. It's stuffed and wrapped with bacon, can that be any more perfect?

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. Ground Pork
• 2 lb. Ground Beef
• 2 Cups Bread crumbs
• 1 Cup freshly grated Parmesan Cheese
• 1 Pkg. Bacon
• 3 Eggs Beaten
• 1 Onion Chopped
• 1 Small Bell Pepper, finely chopped
• 1 Carrot, Finely chopped
• 3 tbsp. ketchup
• 1 tbsp. Dijon Mustard
• 1 tbsp. Worcestershire sauce
• olive oil
• 1/2 tsp. pepper
• 1/2 tsp. paprika
• 1 tsp. salt
• 8 ounces mild cheddar cheese shredded

 Glaze:

• 1 Cup Ketchup
• 1/2 Cup Brown Sugar
• 1 Tbsp. Dijon Mustard

Instructions:

• Preheat oven to 375 Line a baking sheet or a pan with foil, set aside
• Heat a little olive oil in a large saute pan and cook the carrot, onion, and bell pepper until very tender. Make sure to season the veg with some salt and pepper. Set aside and let cool a bit.
• In a large bowl combine bread crumbs, parmesan, paprika, salt, pepper, eggs, worcerstershire sauce, Dijon mustard, and ketchup. Add in the ground beef and pork and mix together with your hands, not over mixing.

• Form the mixture into a loaf shape on a pan.
• Gently press the center and add the cheddar cheese and just press it to seal.

• Line a flat surface with a foil or wax paper and lay down 8 strips of bacon vertically. Then fold back every other piece of bacon in half. Place a strip of bacon horizontally and peel back the folded pieces over the vertical piece of bacon. Next fold back every other piece of bacon again, starting with the strip that you did not fold back before. Repeat the process until you have created a square weave of bacon.





• Lay bacon weave over the top, tucking them underneath the meatloaf

• Make the glaze. In a small bowl mix together ketchup, brown sugar, and Dijon mustard. Pour 1/3 of the mixture over the top of the bacon with a pastry brush or a spoon.
• Bake for 45 minutes, then pour another 1/3 of the sauce over the top. Bake for another 15-30 minutes, until the meat reaches 160.
• Remove from the oven let rest for 10 minutes. Slice and serve with the remaining sauce.

Enjoy! :)

xo Jen