Bass Sausage Meatloaf

Ingredients

• Sauce:
• 1 8 ounce can tomato sauce
• 1/4 cup honey
• 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
• 1 tablespoon apple cider vinegar
• 1/2 teaspoon garlic powder
• 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
• 1/4 teaspoon chili powder
• 1/8 teaspoon ground black pepper
• Meatloaf:
• 1 pkg. Bass Farm Mild Sausage
• 1 1/2 pounds ground beef
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 cup finely chopped carrot
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 teaspoon minced garlic
• 1/2 cup plain dry bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup milk
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten
• 1/2 tablespoon chopped fresh thyme
• Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper

Instructions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine sauce ingredients in a small saucepan. Bring to a boil over MEDIUM heat; reduce heat cook and stir over LOW heat 5 minutes or until hot. Set aside to cool.
2. Place sausage and ground beef in a large bowl. Add 2 tablespoons of sauce; mix lightly. Set aside.
3. Cool and stir onion and carrot in olive oil over MEDIUM heat 5 to 8 minutes or until tender. Add garlic; cook and stir 1 minute. Set aside to cool.
4. Add vegetables, breadcrumbs, milk, egg, thyme and salt and pepper to taste meat mixture; mix lightly.
5. Lightly pat mixture into a foiled-lined, greased 9x5 inch loaf pan. Top with 3 tablespoons of sauce. Bake 60 to 75 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees. Spoon additional sauce over meatloaf during last 25 minutes, if desired.
6. Let meatloaf stand 10 minutes before slicing. Serve with remaining sauce.