Simply Delicious : Focus On Recipes

For the sauce, mix the ketchup, brown sugar and vinegar and set aside.

Heat the oven to 175 degrees. Bake the meatloaf for 1 hour until tender. Wait 10 minutes before slicing.

Fry the onion and garlic for 5 minutes in the oil and set aside.

Mix the eggs with the thyme, a lot of salt and pepper, mustard, Worcestershire sauce and milk. Put the minced meat in a large bowl and mix the egg mixture, bread crumbs, parsley and onion mixture through.

Mash with a fork until well blended and doesn't stick to the edge.

Place the meat on the counter and make a loaf shape with wet hands.

Put aluminum foil on the oven rack, poke holes in it and put the meatloaf on it.

Spread the sauce and cover with the bacon crosswise. Put the rack in the oven with a baking pan beneath it to catch the fat.