Entrees » POPS' Meatloaf
Ingredients
- 2 lbs kobe ground beef (or substitute your choice of ground meat)
- 1 cup panko
- 1½ cups heavy cream
- ½ cup extra virgin olive oil
- ⅔ cup grated romano cheese
- 3 cups sliced onion caramelized with 3 tbsp balsamic vinegar and 2 tbsp light brown sugar
- 3 tbsp fine chopped fresh Italian parsley
- 2 tbsp fresh thyme leaves, chopped
- salt & pepper to taste
For the Tempura
- ½ cup all-purpose flour
- ½ cup rice flour, potato starch or corn starch
- 1 whole egg
- 2 cups soda water or beer
For the Port & Veal Reduction
- 1 cup small dice carrot, celery, and onion (mirepoix)
- 1 tbsp tomato paste
- 1½ cups inexpensive ruby port
- 4 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 1 quart veal stock preferably homemade
- 3 tbsp brown sugar
- salt & pepper to taste
Mushrooms & Carrots
- amounts and varieties of your choice
How-to
Make Breadcrumb Binder, Caramelize the Onions & Bake the Meatloaf
- Place the heavy cream and the bread crumbs in a food processor and make a panade or binder
- Caramelize the onions in a heavy bottom pan on low about 2 hours, stirring frequently as not to burn.
- Cool the onions and mix all the ingredients in a mixing bowl
- Divide mixture into mini loaf pans ungreased at 325º for about 35 minutes, internal temp. about 145-150º
Tempura Mushrooms
- Add as thin a layer of batter as possible to the mushrooms and fry in 360º oil about 2½ minutes on each side until extremely crispy. Salt immediately
Glazed Carrots
- Split blanched or half cooked organic carrots
- Place in a saute pan with 4 tbsp butter, 3 tbsp honey, salt and pepper and caramelize to an amber color
Port & Veal Reduction
- In a heavy bottom sauce pan mix the vegetables and tomato paste and cook over a medium flame for 5 min. stirring so not to burn but need to carmelize the veg and tomato paste
- Add the port and let the alchohol burn off about 5 min. on high flame, incorporate the rest of the ingredients and bring to a simmer. Let reduce to less than a quarter of the volume and skim any scum that forms on top. The longer and slower it cooks the better
Felino Samson
Felino Samson is chef/owner of POPS Restaurant in Boston. An interesting career move from designing women's sportwear to cooking brought him to where we think he belongs - in the creative world of culinary masters. Felino has never looked back and concentrates his talent and ambition in creating simple but never simplistic food for his very appreciative diners.
POPS Restaurant
Felino Samson, chef-owner of POPS Restaurant, elevates meatloaf to rock star status. Baking isn't the only process. Felino then sautes it in a mouth-watering veal reduction. And if that's not enough, he adds glazed carrots and tempura mushrooms for the icing, so to speak, on the meatloaf. Amazing!
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