Yet another loaf entry: Meatloaf Wellington

SmokeyPitt

I didn't realize there was a meat loaf throw down going on this weekend, but apparently I too have entered.  I was inspired by by this Fattie Wellington post by @70chevelle.  I was going through some of my bookmarks and ran across this.  I believe in that post one of the comments mentions Meat Loaf wellington so I thought I would give it a try.  

I searched for recipes and ran across this one.  The only thing I did differently is I sauteed the mushrooms in olive oil, garlic and red wine before I mixed them in.   While I prepared the loaf, I got the egg lit and ready for about 250.  I also unwrapped the puff pastry sheets to defrost on the counter.  

Here is the prepared loaf:

When the internal temp reached 140, I pulled it from the egg.  Here are a couple of pics of the cooked loaf:

When I removed the loaf from the egg, I raised the temp to 400ish and added a pizza stone on a raised grid.  I then wrapped the loaf in Puff pastry and brushed a little egg wash on top and put it back on the egg for about 20-30 minutes. 

Sliced Pics:

This was pretty darn tasty.  To be honest, the meatloaf was so good it could have stood "on it's own".  The puff pastry was really good, but as you can see in the pics I sort of overlapped the ends and it was a little too doughy.   This is my first time working with puff pastry...and I learned you want to get it nice and even.  I should have cut off the excess on the ends.  My kids actually all ate the meat loaf out of the middle and left most of the pastry behind.  It was kind of cool to try smoking and baking in one dish. 

Oh yeah- I did mix up the sauce suggested in the recipe and I heated it on the egg in a little pot for a while.  It was a simple ketchup, brown sugar, worsey, and dry mustard...but it was really good.  I served it on the side. 

Budgeezer

Nice.

jimreed777

you win...

Mine is coming out in a few minutes and I don't even need to taste it - I can taste yours with my eyes

Cookbook_Chip

That is awesome

Botch

Dayam that looks good!  

MJG

I'm sitting here laughing, but that is brilliant!

Little Steven

Where are the duxells an pate du canard? Looks fantastic! I do chicken breasts with just duxelles quite often.

Austin Egghead

Quite innovative.  Will be adding this to my to cook list. 

travisstrick

Very nice. Great idea. 

SmokeyPitt

Little Steven said:

Where are the duxells an pate du canard? Looks fantastic! I do chicken breasts with just duxelles quite often.

The whatselles and the who du what?   I might try it one day with the other traditional wellington ingredients .  I found a recipe with shrooms and thought "close enough!". 

Thanks all!  This was a fun one.  I actually got my real camera out instead of just taking out of focus iphone pics this time. 

Little Steven

stike did an amazing beef wellington that he has posted a couple hundred times. Beautiful shot under candlelight B-)

Little Steven

Duxelles are just chopped mushrooms cooked in a dry pan. Pate foie du canard is duck liver pate.

SmokeyPitt

I remember that one!  I haven't been around as long as you, so I only saw it 30-40 times . 

Little Steven

Beautiful shot though

SmokeyPitt

It was breathtaking.  Nothing sets the mood of a beautiful candlelight dinner with your wife quite like breaking out the camera and snapping pictures of the table before you let her sit down. 

Little Steven

Hahaha! Brilliant!

jrog74

Ladies and Gentlemen the winner of the meatloaf throwdown by knock out....Smokey Pitt!!! You can read this in your best boxer announcer voice.

Little Steven

He really knocked out of the park! I didn't hear about no throwdown but I can't post pics anyway.

BOWHUNR

^:)^ ^:)^ ^:)^

Mike