This one’s not going to win any awards from food critics. But if you’ve got any kids, or a significant other who’s a kid at heart, you can’t miss with these for Valentine’s Day.
Ingredients
1 pound ground beef
2 large eggs
1/4 cup Worcestershire sauce
1 cup bread crumbs (yes, they’ve been in my freezer since the last time I had that bread)
1 teaspoon kosher salt
1/2 teaspoon fresh ground black pepper
optional — mashed potatoes
Directions
It’s a lot easier to mix everything else except the meat first. I don’t know why it took me so long to realize this, but there you go.
So start by combining the eggs, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper.
Mix well.
Then add the bread crumbs and mix again.
Finally, add the meat and knead it all together with your hands. (Make sure you take your rings off. Cleaning ground beef fat out of gem mounts is a nightmare.)
Press the meat into heart-shaped tins.
Yes, we bought these special just for this meal. Of course we’re going to use it again.
Place the tin on a baking sheet so it’s easier to handle when it’s hot.
Bake at 350° for about 20 minutes, until the internal temperature is at least 145°. (Yes, check it with your meat thermometer.)
Pop them out and place them upside-down on a baking sheet.
Make your mashed potatoes a little thinner than you normally would. Add extra cream, milk or butter and really whip them until they’re completely smooth. Load them into a piping bag or desert decorator with a star tip, and frost the tops of the loaves like cupcakes.
Put the pan up close the the broiler for a few minutes, until the edges of the potatoes turn a little brown.
If you want to be at least somewhat adult about this, just use the star tip and make it look like a shepherds pie.
Or go ahead with the thin tip and make them look like those little candy hearts you got in fourth grade.
And that’s it.
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I don’t know, I think I like the fourth grade version better. Those ones are so much more fun! Heart-shaped meatloaves are a very neat idea.
Yeah, if you’re going to go heart-shaped food you shouldn’t pretend you’re being all adult about it.
a)This might be the best thing I’ve ever seen.
b)I snatched your “No Secret Recipes” badge. I ranted about that very thing just yesterday (I think).
c)Sorry about the mix-up earlier. I blush with embarrassment.
d)I’m glad you added a bio. Nice to meet you, Drew!
(Whoopsy–typo, so I had to delete. Let’s try this again . . . )
HAAAA! This is, hands down, the absolute best thing I have ever seen on this site. Not that I’ll make them, because A) I just made meatloaf a couple of days ago and we’re still working through the leftovers, and B) I do not cook on Valentine’s Day.
You know those people (and by “people” I mean “men”) who always claim that Valentine’s Day is bogus because if you love someone, you should show them every day and not just when Hallmark decrees it? First of all, that’s a cop-out. But second of all, I cook for my husband every single solitary day, three meals a day. I think that’s enough demonstrations of love. He’s on his own for Valentine’s Day.
Wow. Okay, sorry. Diatribe over.
Jenni, I’m going to have to see if I can figure out how many people have that badge up. Now I’m curious.
Kristin, it’s not a cop out. So there.
Okay, meet me halfway: Sweetest Day is a Hallmark Holiday. (American Greetings actually, I think they’re the ones who started it.) And besides, I didn’t do this on Valentine’s Day either. I had to do them several days before so I’d have time to put it up for people looking for something to make. Cause I care about you guys that much. And we already have dinner plans for tomorrow.
What a wonderful yet simple idea! Thanks!
Wow and wow. Not only do you present these insanely yummy creations, you do it with gawd-like creativity.
This is brill, totally brill.
Lorrwill, I totally stole the idea. (Shhh, don’t tell anybody.)
Dude. Those are hilarious. And awesome. Heh. I’m glad you posted a bio, it’s nice to know a bit about the guy behind the blog.
As for knowing who has the secret recipes tag up, do link backs count for something like that? If not I bet you could just ask and people would tell you.
Really cute idea Drew
Stop by my blog and have some AWESOME chocolate mousse for dessert!
Those are so cute, and they look perfectly tasty! Thanks for more great ideas!
Bob, I’m pretty sure I can Google for that specific link. Need to look up the syntax for that.
Amanda, don’t worry, we had our chocolate fix. You’ll be seeing it online soon.
Meagan, even better, it got the girls totally looking forward to eating them.
Okay, this is a winner.
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