Gram's Ham Loaf

This rating is really for the sauce. I already had a traditional meatloaf made but was looking for a different sauce to put on it. We really liked this sauce. It was a little sweet but it made a nice change from the traditional ketchup or BBQ sauce. If you don't like it as sweet cutting down to 1/2 the brown sugar would take care of it and still create a lovely sauce.

This was my first try at ham loaf. I used our farm-raised pork products to make it, and it was very good. The reason I gave only four stars is because the sauce was very runny, and I think the loaf itself could use some more seasoning. It had good flavor and my 4-year-old loved it. There are 2 things that I will do differently next time. First, I formed the loaf into a sourdough-type shape, and next time I will make it more of a bread-loaf shape to hold in some moisture. The edges just got a little dry. Second, I will not add as much water & vinegar to the sauce; maybe only half the amount. That way the sauce will not run off of my loaf and burn onto the parchment, which is what happened this time. I prefer more of a thick-gravy, one that would stick on the loaf and get nice and gooey. Overall, I will definitely make this again, but maybe add some additional herbs or fine-cut veggies to the loaf to suit our tastes. Thank you for the recipe!