german meatloaf

This authentic hackbraten is full of flavour. A great quick meal for the family that everyone will love.

Easy German Meatloaf (Hackbraten)

bread rolls (stale, you can also use stale baguette)

onion (medium size approx 150 g/ 5 oz)

70 g pickled gherkins (2.5 oz,.

parsley (0.5 oz)

eggs (medium size)

tsp salt

tsp pepper

tsp mustard

paprika powder

g butter (3.5 oz)

Slice the breadrolls in small pieces and soak them in some warm water. Squeeze them out very well, in order to draw out the moisture. Otherwise your meatloaf might end up being too wet.

Chop the onions, gherkins/pickles and parsley finley.

Heat up 1 tbsp of butter and fry the onions until they start to brown.

Place the mincemeat/ground meat in a large bowl. Add the bread pulp, onions, eggs, mustard, gherkings, paprika powder, salt, pepper and mix with your hands until everything is combined.

Preheat your oven to 180°C / 356°F. Grease the bottom of an oven pan with butter.

Place your meat mix into the oven form and form into an oval shaped loaf.

Place in the oven and back for approximatley 45 minuites.

Melt the remaining butter in a pan or microwave. Every 10 minutes brush the top of the meatloaf with a little butter.

To test if the meatloaf is done, you can stick a meat thermometer in it. If the core temperature is around 75°C/ 170°F it should be done. However, it should roughly take around 45 minutes.

While the meatloaf is baking, you can prepare a quick sauce to go with it. I recommend this rahmsauce or jäger sauce recipe.

Serve immediatley. It goes well with mashed potatoes, potato dumplings and boiled vegetables.

Oma's best German meatloaf recipe that's delicious served either hot or cold. This one's wrapped in bacon. WUNDERBAR with potato salad or mashed potatoes and gravy!

Oma's German Meatloaf Recipe - Falscher Hase

beef

eggs

onion

breadcrumbs

bacon

Prep and Bake

Prep ingredients according to the full recipe and bake until done.

German Meatloaf - or Falscher Hase - is the perfect easy meat-based dinner idea. Made from a deliciously well-seasoned mixed mince blend, the signature feature of this meatloaf is the hard-boiled eggs hiding inside! This dish goes well with potato and mixed vegetables!

German Meatloaf (Falscher Hase)

onion (finely chopped)

pork

salt

pepper

paprika

dijon mustard

Boil three of the eggs in a small pot for around 10 minutes. Then remove them from the pot, run them under cold water, and set them aside.

In the meantime, heat the oil in a frying pan and sauté the chopped onion until it gets translucent. Remove it from the heat and set aside.

In a medium-sized bowl, combine the ground pork, ground beef, breadcrumbs, sautéed onion, salt, pepper, paprika, and mustard. Also, add the one egg that is still raw.

Mix everything in the bowl with your clean hands until well combined.

Preheat the oven to 390 degrees Fahrenheit.

Prepare your small loaf pan (approx. 8.5 inches long). We like cutting a small piece of parchment paper to fit the pan and placing it in before adding the meat. That will make it really easy to lift out the meatloaf later.

Place slightly less than half of the meat mixture into the bottom of the loaf pan and spread it out until it is evenly distributed.

Now peel the three eggs that you boiled earlier. Place the whole eggs on top of the meat in the loaf pan. Orient the eggs so that they are end to end lengthwise in the pan. Be sure to keep the eggs away from the edges so that you can place meat around them in the next step.

Add the rest of the meat around and on top of the eggs and press everything down slightly. You can make the top slightly rounded off with a curve for a nicer look.

Bake the meatloaf in the middle rack of your oven for around 40-45 minutes.

Remove the meatloaf from the oven and let it sit for a couple of minutes before removing it from the loaf pan. You can capture the fat drippings/liquid and use it to make a gravy (just be aware that it would be quite fatty). Serve this meatloaf with boiled or mashed potatoes and mixed vegetables.

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