Hardinera (Quezon Province Meatloaf)

I was browsing the net for yummy food recipes when I stumbled upon this Hardinera, a famous meatloaf dish from the Quezon province. According to panlasangpinoy.com, hardinera is not that different from pork menudo. But I think the final product looks the same as the embutido. Hmmm, looks really yummy yummy that I'm so excited to share this special dish recipe, the Hardinera (Quezon Province Meatloaf) from panlasangpinoy.com.

Watch Hardinera cooking video below:

Ingredients:
2 tablespoons cooking oil
1 medium sized onion, diced
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb pork, diced
1 cup water
1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup sweet pickle relish
1/2 cup beef franks or hotdogs, diced
1/4 cup raisins
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 beef cube
1/2 cup pineapple chunks
1/4 cup roasted sweet pepper
1/4 cup liver spread
1/4 cup cheese, grated
1/2 cup bread crumbs
2 pieces hard boiled eggs, sliced or wedged
2 pieces raw eggs

For those who can't understand the Hardinera cooking video (it's said in Filipino) yet so eager to try this recipe, you may refer to the cooking steps below:

In a cooking pot, add cooking oil and sauté garlic and onions.

Add the diced pork and cook for 3 to 5 minutes.

Put-in the beef cube, water, and tomato sauce then bring to a boil. Simmer until the pork is tender and the liquid completely evaporates. Set aside and let cool.

In a large mixing bowl, combine the cooked pork, salt, ground black pepper, beef franks, bread crumbs, liver spread, sweet pickle relish, pineapple chunks, raisins, and cheese.

Mix all the ingredients until everything is well incorporated.

Grease a llanera and arrange the sliced eggs and roasted sweet pepper.

Pour close to half of the beaten egg mixture and ensure that the eggs are well distributed on the llanera.

Scoop the pork mixture in to the llanera until it occupies at least 3/4 of the total volume.

Cover the whole llanera with aluminum foil.

Pour at least 6 cups of water in the steamer. Arrange the containers in the steamer and steam for 50 minutes.

Remove the steamed mixture from the llanera and transfer to a serving plate.

Serve either hot or cold.

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