I made a great meatloaf a couple weeks ago. Usually I mix 50/50 ground beef and ground pork, but they didn’t have ground pork at the store when I was shopping, so I went with ground mild Italian Sausage, and it really enhanced the flavor.
I also used a different recipe for the glaze, instead of just ketchup, it was a mix of ketchup, brown sugar and apple cider vinegar. Then I added bacon strips on top of the glaze, that really helps keep the meatloaf moist because the fat from the bacon drips down into the loaf as you cook it.
The sort of ‘barbecue sauce’ on top sounds great - and the bacon :-)
-JT
When I visit my mom during the summer I make frozen meals to stock her freezer. I mix ketchup, Brown sugar & balsamic vinegar & spoon it over the mini meatloaf & it is delicious!
This is what I do when I make burgers now. We only use the grass fed ground beef, which is getting soooooo pricy. So I discovered a packet of turkey bacon added to one pack of grassfed makes enough burgers for us for dinner, and saves money. And is very good!!!!!