Turkey Meat Loaf With Roasted Red Pepper And Tomato Sauce Food

TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Cook onion and garlic in oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderate heat, stirring, until onion is softened, about 2 minutes. Add carrot and cook, stirring, until softened, about 3 minutes. Add mushrooms, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper and cook, stirring occasionally, until liquid mushrooms give off is evaporated and they are very tender, 10 to 15 minutes. Stir in Worcestershire sauce, parsley, and 3 tablespoons ketchup, then transfer vegetables to a large bowl and cool.
• Stir together bread crumbs and milk in a small bowl and let stand 5 minutes. Stir in egg and egg white, then add to vegetables. Add turkey and remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper to vegetable mixture and mix well with your hands. (Mixture will be very moist.)
• Form into a 9- by 5-inch oval loaf in a lightly oiled 13- by 9- by 2-inch metal baking pan and brush meatloaf evenly with remaining 2 tablespoons ketchup. Bake in middle of oven until thermometer inserted into meatloaf registers 170°F, 50 to 55 minutes.
• Let meatloaf stand 5 minutes before serving.

BUBBY'S TURKEY MEATLOAF WITH RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, mix together all the ingredients for the meatloaf and work together completely by hand until all ingredients are evenly distributed and the mixture is uniform. Place meat mixture into a 9 by 13-inch baking dish and shape into a loaf about 11 inches long and 4 inches wide. It is important to form it like this so that it cooks evenly throughout. The loaf should be in the middle of the pan with room on both sides for the sauce to pool.
• Place all ingredients in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. Cover the meatloaf with the sauce and allow excess sauce to pool around the meatloaf. Cover pan with aluminum foil but avoid contact with meat loaf by leaving at least a couple inches of space between the top of the meatloaf and the foil. Bake for 45 minutes, then uncover and bake 45 minutes longer. Let rest for 15 minutes before cutting and serving.

ROASTED RED PEPPER TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cut off and discard top quarter of garlic head and wrap remainder in foil. Arrange tomatoes, cut sides up, in a foil-lined 13- by 9- by 2-inch baking pan and sprinkle lightly with salt. Add whole bell pepper and garlic (in foil) to pan and roast vegetables in middle of oven 1 hour.
• Transfer bell pepper to a bowl and cover bowl with plastic wrap, then let stand about 20 minutes. When cool enough to handle, peel pepper, discarding stem and seeds, and transfer to a food processor or blender along with tomatoes.
• Unwrap garlic and squeeze roasted cloves from skin into food processor. Add remaining ingredients and salt and pepper to taste, then purée sauce until smooth.

ITALIAN STYLE TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C). Prepare a baking dish with cooking spray.
• Mix turkey, egg, bread crumbs, Italian seasoning, garlic, black pepper, and salt in a large bowl; shape into a loaf and put into prepared baking dish.
• Bake in preheated oven for 40 minutes. Spoon about half the tomato sauce over the loaf and continue baking until the meatloaf is no longer pink in the center, 10 to 15 minutes more. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C). Rest meatloaf 5 to 10 minutes before slicing to serve.
• While the meatloaf rests, warm remaining tomato sauce in a small saucepan over medium-low heat; serve with the sliced meatloaf.

PEPPER TURKEY MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine the egg, 1/2 cup tomato sauce, bread crumbs, onion, peppers, garlic powder, salt and pepper. Crumble turkey over mixture and mix well., In an 11x7-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray, pat turkey mixture into a 9x4-in. loaf. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 30 minutes; drain if necessary. , Meanwhile, combine the soup, brown sugar, vinegar, ketchup, mustard and remaining tomato sauce. Pour 1/2 cup over meat loaf. Bake 20-30 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 165° and juices run clear. Warm remaining sauce; serve with meat loaf. Freeze option: Cover and freeze unbaked meat loaf and remaining sauce in separate freezer containers for up to 3 months. Thaw in the refrigerator overnight. Bake as directed.

TURKEY MEATLOAF WITH ROASTED RED PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix turkey, spinach, cheese, bread crumbs, egg, garlic, and 1/4 cup of the dressing until well blended.
• Shape into 9X4 inch loaf in a greased 13X9-inch baking pan.
• Bake 50 minutes or until cooked through.
• Let stand 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, place peppers and remaining 1/2 cup dressing in blender or food processor container; cover. Blend well.
• Cut meatloaf and serve with sauce on top.

ROASTED RED PEPPER AND TOMATO PASTA SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Cut top 1/4 off garlic head and cut around to expose as many cloves as possible.
• Drizzle with olive oil and place on a baking dish or in a roasting pan (I usually roast vegetables along side it because it makes the vegetables nice and garlicky).
• Place whole red pepper in dish and place in oven.
• Roast for 1 hour or until cloves are soft and mushy inside (you should be able to squeeze a clove and have all the garlic goodness come right out).
• Place red pepper in plastic ziploc bag and seal, let sit about 10-15 minutes or until it cools and is easy enough to handle.
• Meanwhile, pour can of diced tomatoes in blender.
• Add balsamic vinegar, salt, sugar and red pepper flakes.
• Squeeze cloves out of garlic head (you can leave the skins on).
• Once pepper has cooled, peel off skin (it should come right off), cut open, take out seeds and remove stem
• Place pepper in blender.
• Puree mixture until blended.
• Stir in cornstarch.
• Heat up on stove when ready to eat or store in container and freeze for later.

RED PEPPER TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a small bowl, stir together the oats and milk.
• Very thinly slice 1/4 of the onion into rings and set aside.
• Finely chop the remaining onion.
• In a large bowl combine the ground meat, oat mixture, chopped onion, bell pepper, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, ketchup,garlic powder, salt and a few grinds of pepper. Mix just until well combined.
• Transfer the mixture to a 9 by 13-inch baking dish and shape into a loaf about 5 inches wide and 2 1/2 inches high.
• Pour the tomato sauce over the meatloaf and sprinkle with the sliced onions (or if you prefer, squirt some ribbons of ketchup to taste over the top).
• Bake for about 1 hour or until no longer pink inside.
• Remove from the oven and let rest for 10 to 15 minutes before slicing (it will not be a very firm meatloaf); the height be very low and your slices will be in long rectangular strips.

TURKEY MEAT LOAF WITH ROASTED RED PEPPER AND TOMATO SAUCE

Steps:

• Position the oven racks so that the top rack is in the center of the oven. Preheat the oven to convection roast at 375°F. Cover a baking sheet with foil and coat with nonstick spray.
• In a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat, cook the onion and garlic in the olive oil for about 2 minutes, until the onion is softened. Add the carrot and cook, stirring, for 3 more minutes; add the mushrooms, salt, and pepper. Cook until the mushroom liquid is evaporated and they are very tender, about 10 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl to cool.
• Stir the bread crumbs, milk, and eggs together in a large bowl. Add the turkey, the tomato chili sauce, and the sautéed vegetables and mix until well blended. Shape into an oval loaf about 9 inches long and 3 inches high and place on the prepared baking sheet. Insert the oven probe and set to 170°F.
• Roast in the center of the oven for 45 to 55 minutes or until the probe indicates that the meat loaf is done or an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the loaf registers 170°F.
• Meanwhile, make the Roasted Red Pepper and Tomato Sauce, and serve it with slices of the meat loaf.
• Preheat the oven to convection roast at 375°F. Cover a baking sheet with foil and coat with nonstick spray.
• Cut off and discard the top quarter of the garlic head and wrap the head in foil. Arrange the tomatoes, cut sides up, on the baking sheet; sprinkle with salt. Add the pepper, skin side up, and the garlic head to the pan. Roast the vegetables in the center or top third of the oven for 45 to 55 minutes, until soft. Remove the pepper after 20 minutes and wrap it in foil. When the pepper is cooled, remove and discard the skin.
• Put the pepper and tomatoes into a food processor fitted with the steel blade or a blender. Squeeze the roasted garlic cloves out of their skins and add to the tomatoes and peppers along with the olive oil, lemon juice, and vinegar. Puree the sauce until smooth.