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Homemade Meatloaf with Sautéed Garlic Greens

Ingredients:

Meat

500g sausage meat
700g lean beef mince
1 onion, small dice
4 cloves garlic, fine dice
1 carrot, finely grated
1 tbsp. fresh marjoram
1 tbsp. fresh thyme
1 tbsp. fresh parsley
3 tbsp. Worcester sauce
1 egg. lightly beaten
salt
pepper

Topping

80g rolled oats
1/4 c brown sugar
1/2 c tomato sauce

Garlic Greens
1 tbsp. oil
1/2 head broccoli, cut florets into 1/4 pieces
1 handful of green beans, remove ends
4 bok choy leaves, sliced
2 cloves garlic, crushed
1/4 cup water

2 medium golden kumara, boiled and mashed with 50gm butter 50ml milk, salt and pepper. Plus 1 tbsp. fresh chives.

 Method:

1. Pre-heat oven to 180 degrees.
2. Grease loaf or rectangle oven proof dish lightly with butter.
3. In a large bowl combine sausage meat, mince, diced onion, garlic, grated carrot, finely chopped herbs, salt, pepper and beaten egg. Mix together with your hand until well combined.
4. Press meat mix into  grease oven dish. Pat down evenly.
5. In a separate bowl combine oats, brown sugar and tomato sauce. Mix until a paste has formed. Spread over meat mix evenly.
7. Bake in the oven for 45-50 minutes until golden at the edges and cooked. (it will shrink slightly with cooking.)
8. Remove from oven and allow to sit for 5 minutes.
9. Pre-heat wok or fry pan on high add oil followed by broccoli and garlic. cook for 2 minutes until slightly starting to brown. Add green beans and cook for 1 minute, add water and cook on high for a further 2 minutes, add bok choy toss gently.
10. Remove from heat and place in serving bowl.
11. Slice meatloaf and serve with the garlic greens and kumara mash.

Serves: 4-6 people