Pork meatloaf with spaghetti sauce

Name: Pork meatloaf with spaghetti sauce recipe
Yield: 6
Ingredients: 3 carrots, peeled, quartered lengthways; Olive oil, for drizzling; 100g stale bread, blitzed to breadcrumbs; 500g minced pork (or any combination of meat, such as lamb, beef and game); 2 heaped tsp dried oregano; 30g feta, crumbled; 1 large free-range egg; 3 red chillies, halved lengthways, seeded; 1 onion, finely chopped; 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped; 700ml jar passata; 30g cheddar, grated; 480g dried spaghetti

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by Jamie Oliver

Food legend, influencer, activist, Naked Chef, delicious. contributor

Feb 17, 2020

“This budget-friendly recipe is easy, super-flexible and uses up stale bread," says Jamie Oliver.

3 carrots, peeled, quartered lengthways
Olive oil, for drizzling
100g stale bread, blitzed to breadcrumbs
500g minced pork (or any combination of meat, such as lamb, beef and game)
2 heaped tsp dried oregano
30g feta, crumbled
1 large free-range egg
3 red chillies, halved lengthways, seeded
1 onion, finely chopped
2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
700ml jar passata
30g cheddar, grated
480g dried spaghetti

Method

1.

Preheat oven to 200oC. Place carrots in a roasting tray, drizzle with oil and cook for 10 minutes. Place breadcrumbs, pork, 1 tsp oregano, feta (it’s a small amount, but it makes all the difference), egg and a pinch of sea salt and black pepper in a bowl and mix with your hands. Shape into a loaf about 20cm long. When time’s up on the carrots, make a space in the middle of the tray and add meatloaf. Cook for 25 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
2.

Put chillies in a pan on low heat with a lug of oil for 2 minutes. Set aside. Put onion, garlic and remaining oregano in the pan and fry for 10 minutes until softened. Add passata, swirl a splash of water in the empty jar and add to pan. Season to perfection. Simmer until time’s up on the meatloaf.
3.

Pour sauce around meatloaf. Pull carrots to the top, arrange around meatloaf with the chillies and top with cheddar. Pop in the oven for 5-10 minutes until sauce is bubbling.
4.

Meanwhile, cook spaghetti in a large pan of boiling salted water according to the packet instructions, then drain.
5.

Serve everything in the middle of the table with a salad, then slice up the meatloaf, mashing the chillies into the sauce for added heat, if you like.