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I grew up with “Falscher Hase” – which means Mock Rabbit and is a German Meatloaf that is filled with boiled eggs. It probably looks a little like a rabbit roast, at least that is my explanation for that name. My recipe in this video was inspired by a video from the German grocery Edeka since I lost my family recipe.
Ingredients
For the Meatloaf
- 600 g ground Meat: 300g ground Pork + 300g ground Beef or 600g ground beef
- 1½ Dinner Rolls
- 1 Onion diced
- 2 Eggs for the loaf
- 5 Eggs for boiling
- 1 clove garlic
- 1 bunch Parsley
- 1 tbsp Dijon Mustard
- some Pepper
- some Salt
- 14 slices Bacon
For the Gravy
- 1 Onion
- 50 g Carrots diced
- 30 g Root Celery diced
- 30 g Leek cut in rings
- 350 ml Chicken Broth
- 1-2 tsp Corn Starch or Potato Starch
- some Pepper
- some Salt
Instructions
- Soak the dinner rolls in warm water.
- Preheat the oven to 340°F / 170°C, don’t use the convection function, just top and bottom heat.
- In a pot, bring water to a boil and carefully add the 5 eggs. Boil for 7 minutes, then take out, let cool, and remove shell.
- In a large bowl, put the ground meat, add the 2 eggs, mustard, onion, mustard, salt and pepper.
- Chop the parsley and press the garlic and also add to the bowl.
- Squeeze the water from the soaked rolls and place them into the bowl.
- Mix everything very well to a smooth mass.
- Place some parchment paper on a baking sheet, then put bacon slices overlapping onto the paper, creating a large rectangle.
- Place the meat on top of the bacon, shape it to a large rectangle but leave a large rim of bacon underneath.
- Make an indention in the center of the meat. Place the boiled eggs next to each other into the indention.
- Grab one side of the parchment paper and flip half of the meat over the eggs. Repeat from the other side of the baking sheet, shaping and wrapping the meatloaf with bacon.
- Put the vegetables for the gravy left and right onto the baking sheet.
- Put in the oven for one hour.
- After the first 10 minutes, add some of the chicken broth to the meatloaf, pouring it onto the vegetables.
Making the Gravy
- After one hour, remove the meatloaf from the oven. Collect the vegetables from the baking sheet and place them into a sauce pan.
- Add the remaining broth and also 200 ml of water to the sauce pan and bring everything to a boil. Let boil for several minutes.
- Remove almost all vegetables from the sauce and with an immersion blender, blend the remaining vegetables into the gravy.
- Spice with salt and pepper if needed.
- Mix the starch with a little cold water, add some of it to the gravy and boil for a minute. If more thickening is needed, add some more of the starch water.
- Serve the meatloaf with the gravy, carrots and mashed potatoes.
