{"id":551,"date":"2025-03-16T16:52:49","date_gmt":"2025-03-16T17:52:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.holtmath.com\/?p=551"},"modified":"2025-04-22T19:48:43","modified_gmt":"2025-04-22T19:48:43","slug":"mini-meatloaves-meatloaf-cupcakes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.holtmath.com\/index.php\/2025\/03\/16\/mini-meatloaves-meatloaf-cupcakes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Mini Meatloaves (Meatloaf Cupcakes)"},"content":{"rendered":"
These meatloaf cupcakes are so easy to make and even more delicious to eat!<\/strong><\/p>\n I know how popular my ‘soft and juicy meatloaf’ is from my cookbook<\/a>, so I thought I’d share with you these adorable mini versions! Follow me…<\/p>\n Just like meatballs<\/a>, one of the key steps to creating soft meatloaf is making a panade<\/strong>. This is essentially bread soaked in some form of liquid<\/strong>. Here, we soak the bread in milk<\/strong>, grated onion<\/strong>, and Worcestershire sauce<\/strong>. This helps keep the meatloaf nice and juicy, so don’t skip this step.<\/p>\n Another crucial step with meatloaf is ensuring you’re using non-lean beef. Lean beef will simply just dry out by the time the meatloaf is cooked. Using 20%+ fat beef will ensure the meatloaf stays nice and juicy. Higher-fat meat will also offer more flavour.<\/p>\n Process shots: to a bowl add bread, onion, Worcestershire sauce and milk (photo 1), mix (photo 2), add beef, parsley, garlic, ketchup, seasoning and beef (photo 3), mix (photo 4).<\/em><\/p>\n Once you’ve mixed everything, you’ll want to portion it into 8 pieces and place in a muffin tin. There will be enough excess fat to prevent the meat from sticking to the tin, but I like to add a few sprays of oil, just for insurance purposes.<\/p>\n Adding a glaze to the meatloaf is essential. Here’s what I use:<\/p>\n I find this gives the perfect balance of sweet and tangy. Please don’t just plonk this on once the meatloaf is cooked, it needs to cook down in the oven and lightly caramelise – this will transform the flavour!<\/p>\n Process shots: add meat to muffin tin (photo 1), bake (photo 2), add glaze (photo 3), bake again (photo 4).<\/em><\/p>\n Where there’s meatloaf there’s got to be mash. I don’t make the rules! You can really make the mash any way you fancy, but I’ve just gone for the classic additions of butter<\/strong> and cream<\/strong>. In all cases just make sure it’s heavily seasoned<\/strong>!<\/p>\n It’s not often you’ll see a piping kit on this blog, given the strength of my savoury tooth. So when you do, you know it means business. Whilst you could just simply spoon the mash onto the meatloaf, I love piping it on to create cupcakes!<\/p>\n Process shots: add boiled potatoes, cream, butter and seasoning to pot (photo 1), mash (photo 2), pipe (photo 3).<\/em><\/p>\n Alongside using a panade and high-fat beef, it’s important you don’t overwork the meat when mixing it. Squeezing it into oblivion will cause the meat to come out tough and dry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n In my original recipe I actually use 3\/4 beef and 1\/4 pork, but you could even do half and half. Some recipes use turkey, but I just find it way too dry.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n Meatloaf is always best served fresh, but certainly don’t waste leftovers. Just allow to cool then tightly store in the fridge. Reheat until piping hot again.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n I highly recommend adding chives<\/strong>, not only for a pop of colour but also for a pop of flavour.<\/p>\n The glaze should make the cupcakes saucy enough, but you could always serve with more ketchup if your heart desires. Here I\u2019ve served with roasted Broccoli and Cauliflower<\/a>. Peas, Green Beans<\/a> and Carrots<\/a> all work nicely (check out my Sides<\/a> for more inspo).<\/p>\n After another ‘mini’ recipe? Check out my Mini Cottage Pies<\/a>!<\/em><\/p>\n Alrighty, let’s tuck into the full recipe for these mini meatloaves shall we?!<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/figure>\n
Juicy Meatloaf<\/h2>\n
High-fat beef<\/h3>\n
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Mini Meatloaves<\/h2>\n
Meatloaf glaze<\/h3>\n
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Meatloaf Cupcakes<\/h2>\n
Piping the mash<\/h3>\n
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Meatloaf Cupcakes FAQ<\/h2>\n
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Serving Meatloaf Cupcakes<\/h2>\n
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How to make Mini Meatloaves (Full Recipe & Video)<\/h2>\n