Dinner Oct 29, 2023
Note: Playing catch-up on a couple of months of meals, so best I can remember is that the meatloaf was dry, but I think it tasted okay enough. The second day we had it with a gravy, which helped a lot. I think I got the turkey legs for the dark meat, in hopes that it would be moist. And because I grinding my own meat sometimes.
I don't think I originally planned on using 3 eggs, but that's what I ending up feeling like I needed to hold everything together.
Ingredients:
2 Turkey Legs or 2 lbs of Ground Turkey
½ oz Dried Shiitaki Mushrooms
1 medium Yellow Onion
3 large Garlic Cloves
3 large Eggs
1 Tbsp White Miso Paste
3 Tbsp Worcestershire Sauce
3 Tbsp Soy Sauce
1 Tbsp Brown Sugar
¾ cup Quinoa (uncooked)
¾ cup leftover (cooked) Rye Berries
To Taste:
Salt
Black Pepper (lots)
⅛ tsp Cayenne ⅛ tsp MSG (optional)
Directions:
Preheat the oven to 350°F (175°C).
If making your own ground turkey: Remove meat from turkey legs, save the bones and cartilage for stock. Grind using medium grinding plate.
In a food processor with the S-blade attachment, pulverize the mushrooms into fine bits.
Mince the onion and garlic cloves.
In a large mixing bowl, gently mix to just combine all ingredients: ground turkey, pulverized dried mushrooms, minced onion, minced garlic, eggs, miso, Worcestershire, soy sauce, brown sugar, quinoa, rye berries, salt (go easy at first, maybe 1 teaspoon), black pepper, cayenne, and MSG.
Check your seasoning levels by placing a teaspoon of the mixture on a microwave safe plate and cook in the microwave. It should take about 10 seconds. Add more seasoning and check as many times as needed.
Bake for 50 minutes, or until the center reaches 150°F (65°C).
Final Notes:
Next time I would: leave out the rye berries, try to add more fat to the ground meat (maybe by doing a turkey/duck combo), and cut back to an egg or two.
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