Oh yes.......terasa rajin today bersempena dengan cuti extra Krisma......I cooked meatloaf you!!! Haaa....very the unsangkarable!! Tak percaya???? Tengok ni....hasil kerastangan...eh...airtangan I....
What say you? Haha.....cooked in two loaf pans...see, one was almost gone and we were still eating then. Fahim took the last piece of the first meatloaf....his fourth pieace, you know! And we attacked on the second loaf. Right now bibik is still eating .... probably only half left for dinner! I am sooooo proud of myself. It is a very very rare occassion for me to cook something different for a change....sometimes I am just lazy to think of what new to cook, so, I always end up cooking (ehm ehm....now, bibik lah yang masak mostly) the usual standard malay fare .... nasi, kari, masak lemak, sambal tumis, sayur rebus.
Besides, my oven cooker yang had been broken for the past few months had been restored. So, today was a kinda trial ... to test if the cooker is functioning without any glitches, as guaranteed by the repairman.
I also mashed some potatoes (from scratch, mind you!....not from the box ye....) and boiled some baby carrots, grean beans and asparagus to go with the meatloaf. And for the gravy (also from scratch), I prepared some mushroom gravy which was a bit salty to my liking. Next time, I will remember to use the chicken stock cube more sparingly. So, the result:
Simply marvellous!
Here's the recipe, for those of you who wanna try this dish:
Meatloaf:
1 kg of minced beef
minced onion
cream of mushroom mixture (2 packets)
some salt
2 medium eggs
2/3 cup of fresh milk
1 tblspoon yellow mustard
3 tblspoon brown sugar
3 tblspoon tomato ketchup
Method - mix minced beef, onion, mushroom mix, salt, eggs and milk together in a large bowl. In another bowl, mix mustard, sugar and tomato ketchup together. Then pack the beef mixture tightly into two loaf pans for baking. Before you put the pans in the oven, spread the top of the meatloaf with the mixture of sugar, tomato and mustard. Set the oven temperature to 180 celsius and bake for approximately 1 hour. When ready, cool the meatloaf for 10 minutes before serving.
Mushroom gravy:
2 packets of mushroom soup mix
1 chicken stock cube
1 tblspoon of butter
some minced onions
Method - melt the butter in a saucepan. Add in the onions and cook til soft and brown. In a separate bowl, mix the mushroom soup mix and chicken stock together with boiled water. When the onions are browned, pour in the mushroom mixture and cook til you get your desired consistency.
Mashed potatoes:
2 kg of Idaho potatoes
2 cups of heavy cream
3 tablespoons butter
salt
pepper
Method - peel potatoes. Cut the potatoes into quarters and boil in a pot. Add some salt into the boiling water. Once tender, drain the potatoes. Mash the potatoes. On the stove, cook the butter, add in the heavy cream and stir until everything is melted. Add in pepper. While you are mashing the potatoes, pour the melted cream mixture into the potatoes and hand whip them up til fluffy.
