Ingredients:

8 slices apple smoked bacon
2 lbs. lean ground beef
2 Tbs. ketchup
1/4-cup mayonnaise
2 Tbs. shallots, minced
1/4-cup fresh bread crumbs
2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. Tabasco sauce
1 cup meatloaf glaze (recipe follows)

Instructions:

1. Fill a large saucepan with water and bring it to a boil over high heat. Add bacon to boiling water and blanch for 30 seconds. Remove blanched bacon from water and set aside.
   
2. Preheat oven to 375F.
   
3. In a large bowl, mix ground beef with ketchup, mayonnaise, minced shallots, fresh bread crumbs, salt and Tabasco.
   
4. Divide meatloaf mixture into four equal portions and shape each one into a football shape. Wrap each individual meatloaf with three slices of blanched bacon and place it seam-side down on a baking sheet.
   
5. Bake meatloaves for 20 minutes. Liberally coat loaves with meatloaf glaze and bake 10 minutes more.
   
6. Serve with sweet corn, mashed potatoes and Blackstrap Gravy.

Meatloaf Glaze and Blackstrap Gravy

Ingredients:
3/4-cup ketchup
1/4-cup dijon mustard
1/4-cup brown sugar
1/4-cup molasses
2 tsp. whole yellow mustard seed
1 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/2 tsp. Tabasco
1 cup brown veal stock
2 Tbs. additional molasses

Whisk together all ingredients except stock and additional molasses to make the glaze. To make the blackstrap gravy, combine 1/2-cup glaze with stock and additional molasses and heat gently in a small saucepan.