Canadian meatloaf

Ingredients for 8 servings:

• 1 kg minced meat, mixed
• 1 roll
• 125 g smoked bacon
• 1 bell pepper(s), red
• 2 eggs
• 75 g fried onions
• 1 ½ tsp salt
• 1 ½ tsp pepper
• 1 ½ tsp paprika powder, sweet
• 3 tbsp whiskey
• 10 cherry peppers with cream cheese filling
• 3 onions
• 3 tbsp maple syrup
• 250 g cherry tomatoes
• n. B. Sauce thickener

Instructions

Working time approx. 30 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 1 hour 5 minutes; Total time approx. 1 hour 35 minutes

with bacon and a sophisticated filling of stuffed cherry peppers

Soak the bread roll in water. Dice the bacon, fry in a pan without fat until crispy, and then remove. Clean and finely dice the bell pepper. Place the minced meat, eggs, squeezed out bread roll, half of the bacon cubes, fried onions, diced bell peppers, spices, and whiskey in a bowl and knead everything well. Place the minced meat on a piece of baking paper and shape it into an oval plate measuring approximately 20 x 30 cm with your hands. Place the cherry peppers lengthwise on top. Using the baking paper, fold the minced meat from both sides over the cherry peppers towards the center. Then shape it into an oval meatloaf with your hands. Peel and halve the onions. Carefully turn the meatloaf over and place it in an uncovered roasting pan. Scatter the onions around it and pour on a little water. Bake in a preheated oven at 200°C (convection oven) for approximately 50 minutes. Brush the roast with maple syrup and sprinkle with the remaining bacon bits. Arrange the cherry tomatoes around the roast. Cook for another 10 minutes. Thicken the roasting juices with gravy thickener, if desired, and season to taste.