BACON AND MUSHROOM STUFFED TURKEY MEATLOAF

BACON AND MUSHROOM STUFFED TURKEY MEATLOAF

By beautieandthefoodie.com

Serves: 8

INGREDIENTS

1 ¼ lb ground turkey, can also use ground beef

80ml/⅓ cup tomato puree or tomato sauce, make sure tomato is the only ingredients

1 large egg, beaten

1 ½ tbsp golden flax meal, or can use 40g/¼ cup almond meal instead

¾ tsp sea salt

½ tsp black pepper

2 tbsp butter

⅓ cup minced onion * optional, (not everybody likes onions)

3 cloves peeled minced garlic

100g/½ cup chopped mushrooms

2 tbsp gluten free Worcestershire sauce, or can use 2 tbsp coconut amino sauce

3 slices uncooked bacon, I used the nitrate free kind

4 slices Swiss cheese or any other favourite cheese

INSTRUCTIONS

Preheat oven to 350° F (177 °C), and grease or oil a 9x4 standard size loaf pan. In a medium size skillet over medium high heat melt the 2 tbsp butter. Add onions, garlic and mushrooms. Stir occasionally and heat for 5 minutes. Turn off heat and add 2 tbsp Worcestershire sauce. Stir in, remove from stove top and let cool.  In a large mixing bowl combine: 1 ¼ lb ground turkey, ⅓ cup tomato sauce, 1 large egg, 1 ½ tbsp flax meal or ¼ cup almond meal, ¾ tsp sea salt, and ½ tsp black pepper. Combine thoroughly.  Add all the butter mushroom garlic mixture to the meatloaf mixture. Stir and combine thoroughly. Add half of meatloaf mixture to the loaf pan and spread across the bottom of the pan with a rubber scraper or the back of a spoon.  Layer 3 slices of uncooked bacon on top of the meatloaf layer, as seen in photo above. Layer the optional cheese slices on top of the bacon.  Add the other half of meatloaf mixture to the top bacon & cheese layer, and spread across the loaf pan to cover the last layer.  Bake in oven for 60 minutes. Might need a little more or less time, depending on your oven. Remove from oven, and serve.