Buttermilk MeatLoaf

Tonight's dinner?  Meatloaf!  I haven't made meat loaf EVER, so I went looking for a recipe that sounded appetizing.  I couldn't find one that I liked, so I took what I thought was the best from a few recipes and came up with the following recipe.  It was more than I could have hoped for as my first attempt!

Ingredients For the Glaze:

• 1 cup ketchup
• 1 cup barbeque sauce
• 1/2 cup brown sugar

Ingredients For the Meatloaf:

• 1/3 cup panko bread crumbs
• 1/4 cup of Italian bread crumbs
• 1 cup buttermilk (I make mine by adding a tbsp. of vinegar to 2% milk)
• 1 tbsp. olive oil
• 3 garlic cloves chopped very small
• 1 cup diced onion
• 3 tsp dried oregano 
• 3 tsp dried basil
• 2 tbsp. tomato paste
•  500 grams ground chicken
•  250 grams ground veal
• 1 cup grated parmesan cheese
• 1/2 tsp. salt
• 1 tsp. ground pepper

Directions

1.  Pre-heat oven to 425.

2.  Combine the glaze ingredients in a small bowl.

3.  Heat olive oil in a frying pan over medium heat. Add onions and garlic and cook until soft. Add parsley, basil, and tomato paste and cook for about a minute. Set aside to cool.

3.  In a small bowl, combine Panko and buttermilk and set aside.

4.  Place chicken, veal, cheese, salt and pepper, Italian bread crumbs, the onion mixture, and the panko mixture in a bowl. Mix with your hands until just combined.

5.  On a rimmed baking pan (make sure you spray it with non-stick spray) form the mixture into a loaf shape sitting in the center of the pan, with the sides not touching the pan. Brush the top with some glaze, then bake for about 50 minutes.

6.  At the 50 minute mark, take the loaf out of the oven and spread more of the glaze on the top and sides.  Put it back in the oven for 10 minutes until it looks a little browned.

7.  You will have glaze left over that you can use to garnish your slices with. 

8.  Cool for 5 minutes, slice, and serve hot.