Tina's American-style meatloaf

Ingredients for 4 servings:

• 3 m.-sized onion(s)
• 1 tbsp butter
• some salt and pepper
• ½ tsp cumin powder
• 10 Pimientos de Padrón (roasted peppers)
• 1 tbsp oil
• 12 slices of bacon
• 600 g minced beef
• 2 tbsp BBQ rub (see recipe in my profile)
• 5 slice(s) smoked cheese
• 6 tbsp BBQ sauce
• 30 g potato chips (paprika chips)
• 30 g fried onions

Instructions

Working time approx. 1 hour; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 10 minutes; Total time approx. 2 hours 10 minutes

Peel the onions and slice them into strips. Heat the butter in a pan and fry the onion strips for about 10 minutes. Season with salt, pepper, and cumin and remove. Rinse the pimientos. Add the oil to the onion fat and fry the pimientos vigorously. Add a little salt and remove. Then remove the stems and roughly chop. Preheat the oven to 180°C (top/bottom heat). Place the bacon, slightly overlapping, on a sheet of plastic wrap. Knead the minced meat with the BBQ rub. Then place the minced meat on the bacon and flatten it into a plate, leaving a 5 cm gap along one long edge. Place the onions and pimientos in the center and top with the smoked cheese slices. Roll up the meatloaf using the film. Place the roll in a baking dish and bake in the preheated oven for one hour. Brush the meatloaf with 2 tablespoons of BBQ sauce at the beginning and every 25 minutes. Roughly chop the chips and fried onions. Brush the finished roast with the meat juices. Spread the chips and onion mixture over the roast and press it down firmly with a spoon. All kinds of side dishes go well with the meatloaf, depending on your personal taste.