Meat Loaf With Blue Cheese

Total Time: 55 mins Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 250 g ground lamb
• 250 g ground beef
• 3 tablespoons fresh breadcrumbs
• 1 egg
• 1 small onion, chopped
• 1 bunch sage, chopped
• 2 teaspoons coarse grain mustard
• 1 (175 g) package blue cheese
• 6 slices bacon
• salt and pepper
• red currant jelly, for serving

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 400°f.
• 2 combine the meat with the breadcrumbs, egg, chopped onion, sage, mustard, salt and pepper and mix well.
• 3 for the mixture into an oblong shape. (lightly dust your hands with flour to do this), then break apart down the center.
• 4 cut half the cheese into small squares and place them down the center of the meat mixrture and then re-form the loaf into the oblong shape, enveloping the cheese.
• 5 cut up remaining cheese and lay over top of loaf, then lay the bacon slices diagonally across the loaf so the surface is covered.
• 6 place in an ovenproof dish and cook for 15 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 330f, and continue cooking for a further 40 minutes until golden on the outside.
• 7 serve hot with seasonal vegetables and red currrant jelly. garnish with sage and red currants, if desired.