Meatloaf Stuffed With Eggs (klopsy)

Total Time: 1 hr 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 eggs, hard-boiled
• 50 g stale bread
• 25 g onions
• 20 g butter
• 500 g ground beef (or a mixture of both) or 500 g ground lamb (or a mixture of both)
• 1 egg, beaten
• 25 g breadcrumbs
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh parsley
• oil (to grease baking dish) or butter (to grease baking dish)
• salt and pepper

Recipe

• 1 peel the hard-boiled eggs and quarter them lengthwise.
• 2 soak the stale bread in water, and when soft, squeeze out the excess water and mince.
• 3 peel and chop the onion and fry in butter until lightly golden- set aside.
• 4 mince the meat with the bread, onion and beaten egg.
• 5 add salt and pepper and knead until all ingredients are combined.
• 6 sprinkle the breadcrumbs on a large board and place the meat mixture on top, spreading it fairly thin to form a rectangle (a4 size).
• 7 place egg quarters along one side, pointing them towards the middle.
• 8 sprinkle with parsley.
• 9 roll the meat up into a thick cylinder, starting from the side where the eggs are so that they will be in the middle.
• 10 heat the oven to 220°c/425°f.
• 11 grease a fairly deep baking dish.
• 12 add the meatloaf, basting with some oil/butter.
• 13 cover tray with foil and bake for 1 hour 15 minutes, basting frequently.
• 14 cut into slices and serve.