Fruity meat loaf with spaetzle

AUTHOR
Rachel Vazquez
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 1
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 75 g g dried apples and plums
  • 1 Bread roll (from the previous day)
  • 2 small onions
  • 800 g mixed minced meat
  • 1 Egg
  • 7-10 Tbsp Salt
  • 7-10 Tbsp white pepper
  • 500 g Leeks (leek)
  • 2 small sour apples
  • 7-10 Tbsp Lemon juice
  • 300 g Spätzle
  • 2 TABLESPOONS Butter or margarine
  • 150 g Whipped cream
  • 250 ml Vegetable broth
  • 1-2 TABLESPOONS sauce thickener
  • 7-10 Tbsp grated nutmeg
  • 50 g Almonds
  • 7-10 Tbsp Parsley

Directions

  1. 1

    Cut the baked fruit into small pieces and soak in water for about 2-3 hours. Drain. Soak the rolls. Peel onions and cut into rings. Knead both with minced meat, egg and fried fruit.

  2. 2

    Season with salt and pepper. Form into a roast and place on a greased baking tray or in a roasting pan. Cook in the preheated oven (electric cooker: 175 °C/ gas: level 2) for about 1 1/4 hours. In the meantime, clean and wash the leek and cut into wide rings.

  3. 3

    Wash, quarter and core the apples. Cut the fruit flesh into fine slices. Cook spaetzle in plenty of boiling salted water for about 12 minutes. Heat the fat. Steam apples for about 2 minutes, sprinkle with lemon juice and remove.

  4. 4

    Sauté the leek in the frying fat and season with salt and pepper. Add cream and 1/8 litre water. Bring to the boil, stir in stock and cook covered for 8-10 minutes. Stir in sauce thickener, bring to the boil again.

  5. 5

    Stir in apple pieces and season to taste with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Chop almonds if necessary and roast them in a pan without fat until golden brown. Drain the spaetzle. Arrange meatloaf with spaetzle and vegetables.

  6. 6

    Sprinkle with almonds. Serve garnished with parsley.

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
1070 kcal
CARBS
57 g
FATS
68 g
PROTEINS
53 g