Embutido Pork Meatloaf

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Patricia Tanumihardja, comes the classic Filipino Meatloaf, Embutido. This recipe by Leah Tolosa, is closely similar to what my late mom used to cook for us. I’ve cooked embutido for as long as I’ve been cooking in the kitchen, when my kids were growing up and even now when I need to serve a quick meal filled with warm, comforting foods. This recipe from the

cookbook makes three loaves wrapped in aluminum foil. Instead of the usual round-shaped embutidos, I put the ground pork mixture in a rectangle loaf pan, then covered it with foil. The ingredients consisted of ground pork, white bread soaked in milk, onions, garlic, carrots, red peppers, raisins, sweet relish, hard boiled eggs and banana ketchup on the side. It was so easy to mix, bake and serve.

Course: Dinner, Lunch, Main Course

Cuisine: American, Asian, Filipino

Keyword: Embutido Pork Meatloaf

Servings: people

Calories: 164kcal

Author: Elizabeth Ann Quirino

Ingredients

2 slices white bread cut in cubes, about 2 cups
1/2 cup milk
1 Tablespoon vegetable oil
1 whole onion chopped (3/4 cup) onion
1 clove garlic minced
1 whole small carrot peeled and grated ( about 1/2 cup)
1 whole small red bell pepper seeded, white membrane removed, chopped (1/2 cup)
1 1/2 pounds lean ground pork
1/2 cup raisins
1/3 cup sweet pickle relish
11/2 teaspoons ground black pepper powder
1 teaspoon salt
3 whole hard-boiled eggs sliced
banana ketchup (Filipino brand) for serving

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
In a large bowl, soak the bread cubes in the milk until soft, about 5 minutes. Mix in the beaten egg and set aside.
In a medium skillet, heat the oil over medium heat until it becomes runny and starts to shimmer. Add the onion, garlic and cook until the onion is soft and translucent, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the carrot and bell pepper and cook until heated through, another 1 to 2 minutes. Let the vegetable mixture cool for about 5 minutes.
Add the vegetable mixture to the bread mixture, followed by the ground meat, raisins, relish, pepper and salt. Mix well.
To assemble the embutido: pre-grease a 12-inch loaf pan. Scoop one-third of the mixture (about 2 cups into the pan. Place some sliced hardboiled eggs nestled in the center, in between the ground meat mixture. Cover the top of the loaf pans with enough ground meat. Cover the entire loaf pan with aluminum foil. You should have three loaf pans of embutido.
Place the wrapped logs on a baking sheet and bake for 1 hour, at 375 dgrees F, or till the center is no longer pink.
When cooked, remove from oven and cool completely before serving. Unwrap the foil, turn the embutido meat loaf over on a platter. Slice into 1-inch thick slices. Serve with banana ketchup.
Disclaimer : I was not paid to review this cookbook. But I will gladly recommend it to anyone who needs a good reference for Asian recipes.
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