Albondigón Recipe (Dominican, Latino, or Spanish Meatloaf)

🧂 Ingredients

• 1¼ pound bacon

  [0.56 kg] divided
• 1 red onion

  medium
• 3 garlic cloves
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper

  freshly cracked
• ½ teaspoon oregano

  (dry, ground)
• ¼ cup tomato sauce
• 1 pound minced beef

  [0.45 kilos], you can use half and half ground beef and ground pork
• 1 egg

  (medium)
• 1 tablespoon minced curly parsley

  (plus more for garnish)
• ½ red bell pepper

  minced
• 1 tomato

  minced

Instructions

• 1 Heat oven to 350ºF [175 ºC]. Spread the bacon covering the bottom and sides of a
  medium bread mold. Set aside two strips of bacon for later use.
• 2 Mince the remaining bacon. In a large bowl, combine the bacon, onion, garlic,
  salt, pepper, oregano, and tomato sauce with the minced beef. Knead with your
  hands to mix thoroughly (remember to wash your hands carefully before and after
  to prevent cross-contamination).
  
  Mix in the egg with a spatula, followed by parsley, bell pepper, and tomato, and
  mix until combined.
• 3 Place the meat mixture beef in the bread mold, and form an elongated meatball on
  top of the bacon. Wrap the meatball with the bacon, making sure the slices of
  bacon overlap.
• 4 Cover the mold tightly with aluminium foil and cook in the oven for 25 mins.
  
  Remove from the oven and discard the aluminum foil. Return to the oven and
  increase heat to 450 ºF [230 ºC]. Cook for another ten minutes, or until the
  bacon turns golden brown and has crispy edges.
• 5 Let it rest for five minutes before slicing, garnish with parsley, then serve.

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