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Can I make this meatloaf without the tomato sauce?

https://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Buff... I make this all the time. 1/2 cup of tomato sauce goes in the meat mixture. From a flavor standpoint, I don't know if I'd miss tomato, but from a texture standpoint, do you think it will be too dense? I have zero other tomato products in the house except about 1/4 of a squeeze tube of tomato paste (maybe a tablespoon or two).

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  • kswck2
    Lv 7
    12 months ago
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    I only put ketchup on the Top of the meatloaf, along with raw bacon

  • 12 months ago

    eggs will make it lighter in texture with bread crumbs.

  • 12 months ago

    sure you can. Not all meatloaf recipes call for sauce in the mix..

  • ?
    Lv 7
    12 months ago

    I dont ever add tomato sauce, either tomato paste or ketchup

  • 12 months ago

    You don't have any condiments that are tomato based?  Barbeque sauce, steak sauce, cocktail sauce?  Nothing?  I've used a bit of soda in hamburgers, you could try that in your meatloaf.  You don't have to have the tomato sauce on the top of your meatloaf.  Some people prefer a brown gravy with theirs.

  • denise
    Lv 7
    12 months ago

    You could add the tomato paste and maybe a little ketchup?, although the 'paste' is a more concentrated flavour, it would be less 'liquid'.

    When I make meatloaf, I add an egg, a squirt of ketchup and maybe a little

    worcestershire sauce if I need more moisture added, although I don't use the 'traditional' milk soaked bread, I use breadcrumbs & a little dried sage+onion stuffing mix [its got dried onion, herbs + rusk [which is like bread flakes] to bulk out the meat and add to the taste / texture.

  • ?
    Lv 7
    12 months ago

    Some cream of mushroom soup would be a good substitute.

  • 12 months ago

    You don’t have ketchup? That will work perfectly. 

  • A
    Lv 7
    12 months ago

    Take about a tablespoon of the paste and add water to make it up to the 1/2 cup, blend and use

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