Hackbraten (German Meatloaf)

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Hackbraten (German Meatloaf)

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Hackbraten (German Meatloaf) is German home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.

60 min Medium

Ingredients

Serves
4

The quantities follow this count.

How to cook it

  1. Preheat the oven to 375 F and soak the bread roll in the water until soft, then squeeze out the excess liquid.

  2. In a large bowl, combine the ground pork and beef, softened bread, onion, eggs, mustard, parsley, marjoram, salt, and pepper, and mix until just combined without overworking it.

  3. Shape the mixture into a firm loaf and place it in a greased baking dish or loaf pan.

  4. Spread the tomato paste over the top of the loaf.

  5. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes, until cooked through and the top is nicely browned, then let it rest for 10 minutes before slicing.

  6. Serve warm, or slice it cold the next day for sandwiches; this batch-cooks and reheats well.

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Serve it with

A German dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Hackbraten (German Meatloaf), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.

Safe at your table

Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Hackbraten (German Meatloaf) carries gluten and eggs. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.

Every tracked allergen in Hackbraten (German Meatloaf)
Allergen In this dish Cook this instead
Peanuts No
Tree nuts No
Dairy No
Gluten Yes Bratkartoffeln (German Pan-Fried Potatoes)
Shellfish No
Eggs Yes Abendbrot-Teller mit Putenschinken (Cold Evening Bread Plate with Turkey Ham)
Soy No
Fish No
Sesame No
Coconut No

These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.

What it brings to the plate

Estimated, per serving

Calories
580 kcal
Protein
46 g
Carbs
12 g
Fat
39 g
Fiber
0 g
Sugar
2 g
Sodium
1060 mg
Saturated fat
14 g

Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.

When to cook it

Hackbraten (German Meatloaf) takes about 60 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.

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