Swiss Cheese Meatloaf
Swiss Cheese Meatloaf
Looking through my freezer and fridge, I had minced pork, Swiss cheese, bread, pickles, and eggs, so I decided to make a meatloaf. This is a twist on the Bacon Cheeseburger Meatloaf in that no bacon was used, Swiss instead of Cheddar was used, this turned out excellent. When using pork for a meatloaf, you will want to use a meat thermometer to ensure the correct internal temp is reached. Links to the shortcuts are listed in the Recipe Notes section.
Ingredients
- 1 kilo minced pork, OR ground beef
- 125 grams Swiss cheese, this is 1/2 block of real cheese
- 1 onion, diced
- 2 eggs
- 2 dill pickles, small, sliced, OR make from a shortcut
- 2 tablespoons dill pickle juice
- 3 slices bread, torn apart
- prepared yellow mustard, couple of squirts
- BBQ sauce, about 1/3 of a bottle, OR make from a shortcut
- salt and pepper, to taste
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180 C. Get out a couple of loaf pans.
- In a large bowl combine all the ingredients. I just use a large spoon, no need for hand mixing. I have seen recipes that call for pickle juice or pickle relish, I decided to use sliced pickles.
- Mixed, takes just a few minutes.
- Next, slice your cheese, use real cheese. This is Mainland brand cheese from New Zealand.
- I use two loaf pans when making meatloaf. Take the meat mixture and pat down and using your spoon, mark it into 4 sections, use 1/4 of the mixture in each loaf pan, then top with the cheese slices.
- Use the remaining meat mixture to to cover each loaf pan. Top with more BBQ sauce. Bake for for 40 minutes, and use a meat thermometer to check internal temp then continue to bake about 10 minutes more to ensure the cheese is melted. Remove from oven and let rest for about 10 minutes before serving.
- Serve with mashed potatoes or boiled, or pasta, add a vegetable and you have a complete meal.
Notes
Minced pork is about 135 Baht/kilo. The half block of cheese will cost about 90 Baht. For 8 servings this would be about 85 cents each, even less for 10 servings.
A variant would be to layer in some sliced mushrooms over the cheese before adding the remaining meat mixture.
Shortcut: BBQ Sauce, Dill Pickles.
My own recipe.
Sounds and looks simply delish 😀