Beef and Sweet Potato Meatloaf

Beef and Sweet Potato meatloaf topped with a Tomato-Maple glaze - a recipe the entire family will enjoy!!

I had some ground beef to use up and I didn't fancy the usual cottage pie or spaghetti bolognese. It was a while since I made a meatloaf and I love how quick it is to combine the ingredients and then it's just a case of getting it in the oven, which freed me up to get on with other things while it cooks.

Halfway through cooking the meatloaf I decided a nice glaze/sauce for the top would be amazing, so whipped up a quick tomato sauce which I sweetened with my ever so good friend - maple syrup. Oh my was that a GREAT idea.

If was a real hit with the family and we had cleared plates all round, gotta love it when you put something together that is enjoyed by everyone.

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For this I just used a regular loaf pan, you can get meatloaf pans which have an inner tray with holes to drain off any fat, but as the ground beef used is extra lean, I figured what comes off is just going to be the juice, which is what keeps the meatloaf from drying out. If you let it rest for 10 mins before slicing when you take out of the oven, most of those juices get absorbed back into the meatloaf and adds to the flavour.

I spiralled my sweet potato for the meatloaf  using a Vegetable Spiralizer like this:

These types of vegetable spiralizers are the best, as they will spiral a variety of different vegetables, some of the small handheld ones will only spiral stick shaped vegetables like carrots or zucchini (courgette)

If you don't have a vegetable spiralizer, you can still make this delicious meatloaf, by just grating the sweet potato instead.

Side Suggestions

I paired it up with these delicious Garlic Sauteed Shredded Brussels Sprouts. But you could serve it alongside any greens of your choice, such as cabbage, broccoli, green beans etc.

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Yield: Serves 4

Beef and Sweet Potato Meatloaf

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Beef and Sweet Potato meatloaf topped with a Tomato-Maple glaze - you couldn't ask for better than this.

Prep Time 15 minutes

Cook Time 1 hour

Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes

Ingredients

• 500g/17.5oz of extra lean ground beef
• 250g (9oz) of sweet potato, spiralized or grated
• 1 clove of garlic, crushed
• ¼ teaspoon of onion powder
• 2 teaspoon of paprika
• 2 teaspoon of Italian herbs
• 1 teaspoon of salt
• ¼ teaspoon of black pepper
• 1 egg, beaten

for the sauce

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• 1 cup/240ml of passata
• ½ cup/120ml of chicken or vegetable stock
• 1 tbs of tomato paste
• ½ teaspoon of onion powder
• ½ teaspoon of garlic powder
• 2 tbs of maple syrup
• chopped fresh parsley
• salt and black pepper
• cooking oil spray

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 180c or 350f (gas mark 4)
2. In a large mixing bowl, add the ground beef, sweet potato, onion powder, garlic, Italian herbs, beaten egg, paprika, salt and black pepper and combine together
3. Line a loaf pan with some aluminium foil or parchment paper
4. Add the meat mixture to the loaf pan and push down well.
5. Place in the oven and bake for 45 mins.
6. While meat loaf is cooking, you can make the glaze.
7. Add the passata, stock, tomato paste, Italian herbs, garlic powder, onion powder and maple syrup to a saucepan bring to a boil and lower heat and simmer until it reduces down and thickens. Set aside
8. When the meatloaf has cooked for 45mins.
9. Raise the oven temp to 200c/400f (gas mark 6).
10. Pour on top the sauce and bake in the oven for 15 mins, the sauce will go a nice deep red colour and glaze the top of the meatloaf.
11. Remove from oven, sprinkle with chopped parsley and allow to rest for approx 10 mins before slicing.
12. Serve with your choice of sides

Notes

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Nutrition Information

Yield

4

Serving Size

1
Amount Per Serving Calories 274Total Fat 5.8gSaturated Fat 2.1gCholesterol 119mgSodium 850mgCarbohydrates 25gFiber 3.2gSugar 12gProtein 31g

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