Brown Sugar Organic-Beef Meatloaves with Apple, Mashed Potatoes & Roasted Broccoli
Finding yourself in a meatloaf rut? Enter: this sweet and savory version. First, we blend ground pork with a not-so-secret ingredient—grated apple—for subtle sweetness and added moisture. Next, we form the mixture into mini loaves so everyone gets their own. The pièce de résistance? We infuse the BBQ sauce glaze with a brown sugar bourbon seasoning to amp up the smoky, caramelized notes. Add sides of mashed potatoes and roasted broccoli, and your routine meat-and-potatoes dinner doesn’t stand a chance.
Prep: 50 mins
Cook: 15 mins
Servings: 4
Ingredients
2 servings
4 servings
- 12 oz potatoes
- 1 apple
- 1 lemon
- 2 scallions
- 4 tbsp bbq sauce
- 10.8 gr brown sugar bourbon seasoning
- 10 oz organic ground beef
- 8 oz broccoli florets
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tsp cooking oil
- 2 tbsp butter
- 0.25 cups panko breadcrumbs
- 1.5 tbsp sour cream
- 24 oz potatoes
- 1 apple
- 1 lemon
- 2 scallions
- 8 tbsp bbq sauce
- 21.6 gr brown sugar bourbon seasoning
- 20 oz organic ground beef
- 16 oz broccoli florets
- salt
- pepper
- 2 tsp cooking oil
- 4 tbsp butter
- 0.5 cups panko breadcrumbs
- 3 tbsp sour cream
Instructions
- • Adjust rack to top position (middle and top
positions for 4 servings) and preheat oven
to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
• Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Zest and
quarter lemon. Halve and core apple; grate
one half on the largest holes of a box grater
(use whole apple for 4). Trim and thinly slice
scallions, separating whites from greens;
mince whites. - • Place potatoes in a medium pot with
enough salted water to cover by 2 inches.
Bring to a boil and cook until tender,
15-20 minutes.
• Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then
drain and return potatoes to pot. Keep
covered off heat until ready to mash. - • While potatoes cook, in a small bowl,
combine BBQ sauce, 1 tsp Brown Sugar
Bourbon Seasoning (2 tsp for 4 servings),
and a squeeze of lemon juice. (You’ll use
the remaining Brown Sugar Bourbon
Seasoning in the next step.) Taste and
season with pepper and more lemon juice
if desired. - • In a large bowl, combine pork, grated
apple, scallion whites, panko, remaining
Brown Sugar Bourbon Seasoning, ½ tsp
salt (1 tsp for 4 servings), and pepper. Form
into two 1-inch-tall loaves (four loaves for 4).
• Line a baking sheet with foil and lightly oil.
Place meatloaves on one side of prepared
sheet; top with half the glaze (you’ll use
the rest in the next step). (For 4, spread
meatloaves out across entire sheet; roast
on middle rack.)
• Roast on top rack for 10 minutes (they’ll
finish cooking in the next step).
Simply cook through this step as
instructed, swapping in beef or
organic beef for pork. - • Meanwhile, cut broccoli into bite-size
pieces if necessary. Toss in a medium bowl
with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper.
• Once meatloaves have roasted 10 minutes,
remove sheet from oven; carefully add
broccoli to empty side. (For 4 servings,
add broccoli to a second sheet; roast on
top rack.)
• Roast for 12 minutes, then remove from
oven once more. Carefully brush
meatloaves with remaining glaze. Return
to oven until meatloaves are cooked
through, glaze is tacky, and broccoli is
tender, 4-5 minutes more. - • Meanwhile, mash potatoes with sour cream
and 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings)
until smooth and creamy, adding splashes
of reserved potato cooking liquid as
needed. Season with salt and pepper. - • Slice meatloaves crosswise.
• Carefully toss broccoli with lemon zest.
• Divide meatloaves, mashed potatoes, and
broccoli between plates. Sprinkle with
scallion greens and serve.
Ground Beef is fully cooked when internal temperature reaches 160º.