Coca-Cola’s Matchless Meat Loaf
Posted by Ben | Under Lick The Plate Clean Recipes, Main Dish Friday Oct 24, 2008
My mother makes an awesome meat loaf. However, few others in the family eat it. I can remember my first trip home from college and my mother had meat loaf prepared just for me… and everyone waited for me to arrive before sitting down as a family for dinner… at almost 10pm! Subsequent trips home often included leftovers, but the first trip back to Immokalee was especially memorable.
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In a televised interview at Graceland, Priscilla Presley said that for years Elvis would eat meat loaf, mashed potatoes and black eye peas for dinner every night without fail… even when he was on the road. A request was made known that this was to be his dinner, and local cooks would do the honors.
Coca-Cola’s Matchless Meat Loaf
About 1 1/2lbs. ground beef
1 1/2 cups fresh bread crumbs
1/4 cup minced onion
2 tablespoons finely cut parsley
1 egg
1/2 cup Coca-Cola®
2 tablespoons Heinz Ketchup
1 1/2 tablespoons prepared mustard
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon basil leaves
1/8 teaspoon pepper
In a bowl, break up meat with a fork; add crumbs, onion and parsley, mixing well.
Beat egg, mix with remaining ingredients.
Pour over meat. With fork, toss lightly to blend thoroughly. Mixture will be soft.
Turn into a 9×5x3-inch loaf pan. Bake in a moderate oven, 350F, 1 hour. Let set about 10 minutes before slicing.
Makes 6 to 8 servings.
*This loaf will be moist and tender if you mix it lightly with a fork.
