hey PCBs what do you guys think about
putting a unique twist on the classic
meatloaf well today I've partnered with
plaintiff to spice up your weeknight
meals we're gonna be making a Moroccan
meatloaf with roasted butternut squash
and herb sour cream does that sound good
or what
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twist on classic dishes all right let's
get started now with area C being so
active it's getting harder and harder
for us to go out to eat I used to draw
inspirations from restaurants and chefs
and seeing what they're doing out there
and to be honest plated has completely
filled that void for me I'm always able
to find adventurous dishes like this I
would never think to make Moroccan
meatloaf but I love that everything
comes with a cooking guide here so I
know exactly what to do and all the
ingredients have come measured out all I
have to do is just prep and slice which
to be honest is my favorite part anyways
because I find it so relaxing you guys
stay tuned till the end because I have a
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plated so first I'm just gonna prep my
herbs and veggies according to the
directions I'll chop up these green
onions Amman and cilantro the directions
say to separate the white part of the
onions from the dark green part of the
green onions my favorite part just to my
bowl I've already worked on the purple
onions here alright and then I can chop
the cilantro and the mint leaves
together and chop chop chop and that's
it for the prepping now let's get
cooking
all right we're gonna start by sauteing
our aromatics first I'll heat up one
tablespoon of olive oil let it get hot
and then I'll add our spice mix the
spice mix in
include cinnamon cumin ginger and
cardamom then I'll have the white part
of our green onions and the chopped
purple onions now I'll just cook it and
let the onions get nice and translucent
ah the spices combined with the onions
cooking it smells so aromatic get it if
you see the spices start to stick to the
bottom make sure you scrape it off
because it tends to burn and you don't
want burnt spices in your meatloaf all
right our onions look nice and
translucent so I'm going to transfer
half of our aromatics into this bowl and
then the rest of the onions in the pot
I'm gonna add the ketchup to it and now
I'm just gonna let it cook with the
ketchup for two minutes stirring it
together and then we'll remove it from
heat any of the spice that's kind of
stuck at the bottom of the pan once you
add the ketchup it'll lift it all off
and then infuse the ketchup with so much
flavor mmm it's gonna be so good all
right this looks good so let me go ahead
and remove it from heat and we'll move
on to the next step
now I'm gonna start forming my meat
loaves here I have a baking pan that
I've already lined with foil and then
for my meat I already have it in a bowl
so now I'll just add my breadcrumbs eggs
are reserved aromatics coz this is gonna
help flavor everything it's gonna be so
tasty and some salt now with my hands
I'm gonna mix it well
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I'm just gonna make sure that this is
mixed really well because the
breadcrumbs and the eggs will help keep
our meat together it's like the glue
this looks good and now it's time to
form our mini loaves
what I like to do is just kind of divide
this mixture into half and then half
again so that they're all equal I'm
gonna make little football shapes this
looks good I'm keeping them kind of
spaced out so that they don't steam in
the oven let me go ahead and wash my
hands and then we're gonna brush the
spiced ketchup on top I'll just add a
dollop of our spiced ketchup on top of
each one all right this looks good I
have a little bit of our spiced ketchup
left over but we're gonna reserve it for
later these are ready to go in the oven
but we're not gonna put them in yet
because we're gonna make our oven work
double duty for us I'm gonna work on our
butternut squash now on another sheet
pan that I've already lined with foil
I'm gonna add our butternut squash that
came already cubed and prepped for us
the perfect roasting size our sliced red
onion our zatar spice this is a Middle
Eastern spice mix that typically
contains nutty sesame seeds dried herbs
like marjoram or thyme and sumac berries
it really balances out the butternut
squash is natural sweetness I'll drizzle
some olive oil to coat everything a
pinch of salt and with my hands I'll
just mix mix mix I'll make sure that
each cube of squash is coated with that
zatar and olive oil so that it has
perfect infusion of spice I'll spread it
out into a thin layer and these are
ready to go into the oven I have the
oven set at 450 degrees and I'll just
roast the butternut squash and cook the
meat loaves for about 18 to 20 minutes
so while our food is cooking in the oven
I'm going to work on our sour cream
sauce here I have our sour cream and I'm
gonna add it to a bowl half of our
chopped herbs I'm going to start with
juice from half a lime I don't want it
too tangy so I think this amount is just
right a little bit of salt and pepper
I'll give it a stir and then I'll just
set it aside until it's ready to serve
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Wow it smells amazing
last step all we need to do now is add
that other half of our chopped herbs and
mix it with the butternut squash the
chopped herbs here will add such a
beautiful freshness to our roasted
butternut squash I already know this is
gonna taste amazing all right this is
done our meat loaves are done and now
it's time to plate to assemble our plate
I'm gonna take our herb sour cream add a
beautiful dollop onto our plate then
I'll top it with some roasted butternut
squash garnish it with some green onions
and now for our meatloaf I'm just gonna
take one place it on my plate and then
with our leftover spiced ketchup I'm
just gonna add a little bit more on top
our Moroccan meatloaf with roasted
butternut squash and herbs sour cream is
done I am ready to dig in
let's cut open our meatloaf
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no joke you guys this is like the best
meatloaf I've ever had the warm spices
the cardamom cumin and ginger really
shines through Wow
color me impressed let's try the
butternut squash the sour cream sauce is
so tangy and the fresh herbs in there
mmm add this freshness to it and the
sitar spice isn't something that I
typically cook with but I'm definitely
gonna have to pick it up at the store
and play with it some more because I
really am loving the flavors like I said
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you guys would ever try making a fun
unique twist on your meatloaf and what
kind of twists with that be comment
below thank you so much for watching and
I'll see you guys next time bye
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