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French Meatloaf

beach-mom — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 22:17:39 GMT

I came across this recipe- one of our favorites. It's different, but good, and the Gruyere makes it!

French Meatloaf

2 lbs. ground beef

2/3 c. dry bread crumbs

2/3 c. chopped shallots

2/3 c. Gruyere cheese

3Tbsp. Dijon mustard

1/3 c. milk

2 tsp. thyme

4 eggs, hard boiled

Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, combine the first 7 ingredients. Pack 1/2 of the meatloaf mixture into a large greased loaf pan. Lay down the hard boiled eggs on top in a row lengthwise, end to end. Cover with remaining meatloaf mixture so eggs are completely covered. Bake uncovered 20 minutes. Spread 2 more Tbsp. Dijon mustard on top and bake an additional 25 minutes until done.

Re: French Meatloaf

KBEANS — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 22:21:02 GMT

@beach-mom

It sounds delicious. I'm the only one who would eat meatloaf in my house, so I wouldn't make it. I would be willing to come over when you make it! 😊

Re: French Meatloaf

beach-mom — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 22:25:10 GMT

@KBEANS wrote:
@beach-mom
It sounds delicious. I'm the only one who would eat meatloaf in my house, so I wouldn't make it. I would be willing to come over when you make it! 😊

@KBEANS - I know what you mean about fussy eaters! If you lived near me I'd drop one off for you!

Re: French Meatloaf

Mellyg — Sat, 10 Oct 2020 23:58:23 GMT

I'm a vegetarian, but everyone else in the house eats meat and especially loves meatloaf. I'm excited to surprise them with a new recipie. Thank you for sharing!

Re: French Meatloaf

wildcat fan — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:36:00 GMT

This sounds good @beach-mom. Thanks for sharing 😊

I'm going to try to make it this week.

Re: French Meatloaf

Vivian — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 13:42:31 GMT

C'est une recette très intéressante. In other words, very interesting. I've never seen meat loaf served in France but I've sampled delicious dishes that contained chopped meat. I may just try this one. Merci beaucoup!

Re: French Meatloaf

beach-mom — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 15:45:51 GMT

@Mellyg , @wildcat fan , and @Vivian - You are all so welcome! I'm making it for dinner tomorrow night. @Vivian - De rien! I don't remember seeing meatloaf when I studied in France either, but I was at the University of Grenoble, and I ate a lot of Gruyere!

Re: French Meatloaf

Yahooey — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 15:52:43 GMT

love gryeyere cheese

will definitly try it soon

thanks @beach-mom

Re: French Meatloaf

wildcat fan — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 16:10:41 GMT

Just want to make sure I understand...the eggs are placed on top of 1/2 the mixture--lengthwise and without slicing them?

Re: French Meatloaf

beach-mom — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 17:51:11 GMT

@Yahooey - YW!

@wildcat fan - Yes. They will be covered by the top portion of the meat loaf mixture.

Re: French Meatloaf

Mellyg — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 01:58:14 GMT

Thank you again for sharing @beach-mom ! I made it tonight and it was a hit!

I imagine your time spent in France was memorable and incredible. I've been saying for a few years that I want to go on a French cooking school vacation. We were joking that your recipie is the closet thing I'll get to that this year.

Re: French Meatloaf

beach-mom — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 04:32:44 GMT

@Mellyg wrote:
Thank you again for sharing @beach-mom ! I made it tonight and it was a hit!

I imagine your time spent in France was memorable and incredible. I've been saying for a few years that I want to go on a French cooking school vacation. We were joking that your recipie is the closet thing I'll get to that this year.

I'm so glad everyone liked it @Mellyg ! My grandmother gave me my first cookbook- a French one - when I was 14. The first thing I made was Quiche Lorraine, with Gruyere cheese. I still make it. Little did I know what that cookbook would lead to!

I actually got this recipe from a cookbook we did in my cookbook club about 10 years ago. It had recipes for meatloaf based on a few countries. I'll look tomorrow and post the name.

I love French and Japanese cooking (I taught in Japan). I'm sure you'd do a great job on some French dishes. My family's favorites are Coq au Vin, Beef Bourguignon, Cassoulet, and Croque Monsieur (actually we like Croque Madame, with the egg on top). You can also find crockpot recipes for some of these. Hope you get to make some of them!

Re: French Meatloaf

Mellyg — Sun, 25 Oct 2020 23:13:25 GMT

I'm in awe of your culinary experience!

@beach-mom wrote:
@Mellyg wrote:
Thank you again for sharing @beach-mom ! I made it tonight and it was a hit!

I imagine your time spent in France was memorable and incredible. I've been saying for a few years that I want to go on a French cooking school vacation. We were joking that your recipie is the closet thing I'll get to that this year.
I'm so glad everyone liked it @Mellyg ! My grandmother gave me my first cookbook- a French one - when I was 14. The first thing I made was Quiche Lorraine, with Gruyere cheese. I still make it. Little did I know what that cookbook would lead to!
I actually got this recipe from a cookbook we did in my cookbook club about 10 years ago. It had recipes for meatloaf based on a few countries. I'll look tomorrow and post the name.

I love French and Japanese cooking (I taught in Japan). I'm sure you'd do a great job on some French dishes. My family's favorites are Coq au Vin, Beef Bourguignon, Cassoulet, and Croque Monsieur (actually we like Croque Madame, with the egg on top). You can also find crockpot recipes for some of these. Hope you get to make some of them!

I'm in awe of your culinary experience @beach-mom! That is so neat that you've learned all that you have and it started with a gift from your grandma. I loved reading your fascinating story!