|  Meat loaf
Serves 4
 
 Ingredients
 500g./1lb.  minced beef1 onion
 Salt and pepper
 1 egg
 2 slices bread
 1 tablespoon chopped parsley(optional)
 MethodLight the oven, Gas 6,200'c. place the shelf just above the oven centre, grease a small loaf tinpeel and chop the onion, wash and chop the parsley, grate the bread or make it into crumbs with a blender, beat the egg
 mix the mince, onion, parsley, salt and pepper, and breadcrumbs,
 Add the egg and bind the mixture together
 put it into the tin, cover with a butter paper or greased greaseproof paper,
 bake for about 50 minutes until cooked, to test, insert a skewer into the centre of the loaf and press the loaf gently the liquid that comes from the centre should not be pink
 turn the cooked loaf on to a flat serving dish,  garnish with cooked vegetables such as carrots and peas,cabbage, and parsley: or serve it cold instead, with a salad.
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