Ingredients
Scale
For the meat layer:
- 1/2 cup (125g) tomato ketchup
- 1/2 cup (125g) BBQ sauce
- 1 pound (453g) lean ground beef
- 15 Ritz style crackers
- 1 ounce dry onion soup mix (1/2 packet)
- 1 large free range egg
For the macaroni cheese layer:
- 1 1/2 cups (175g) dry macaroni noodles
- 1 cup (240ml) whole milk
- 1/2 can condensed cheddar cheese soup (see note)
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- 1/2 TBS garlic powder (not salt)
- 1/2 TBS onion powder (not salt)
- 2 cups (240g) mozzarella and cheddar cheese blend, divided
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350*F/180*C/gas mark 4. Butter a 9 inch square baking dish. Set aside. Put a saucepan of lightly salted water on to boil.
- Place the crackers into a zip lock baggie and crush until fine with a rolling pin.
- Whisk the tomato ketchup and BBQ sauce together in a medium sized mixing bowl. Remove half and set aside.
- Crumble the beef into the bowl. Add the cracker crumbs, onion soup mix, half of the sauce mixture and the egg. Mix together gently with a fork until well combined. Dump into your prepared baking dish and pat out evenly. Spread the reserved ketchup/BBQ sauce mixture evenly over top.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 30 minutes.
- While the meatloaf base is baking, make your macaroni and cheese. Cook the macaroni noodles in the boiling salted water according to the package directions. Drain well and rinse with cold water. Drain again.
- Whisk the cheddar cheese soup and milk together in a large bowl. Whisk in the salt, pepper, garlic powder and onion powder. Make sure everything is well combined.Fold in the cooked macaroni and half of the cheese.
- After the half hour cook time for the meatloaf has finished, remove it from the oven. Pour the macaroni mixture over top, spreading it out evenly. Sprinkle the remaining Cheese over top.
- Return the baking dish to the oven and bake for a further 20 to 25 minutes, until the cheese has melted and the casserole is bubbling around the edges.
- Leave to sit and settle for about 5 minutes before serving. Delicious!