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Streaky bacon is the duct tape of the food world, anything you want to spruce up, you can with bacon. there is a new fad going around the BBQ world, smoking Oreos wrapped in bacon, that's how versatile this food duct tape is.

What makes this recipe great is that the fat on the outside and the fat from the cheese on the inside as well as the moisture from the Crying Boy Peri Peri, all of this keeps this meatloaf juicy the whole way through. But that is not all at play here, by mixing the milk and the bread, you are creating a "panade", simply explained as a starch liquid mix that gets added to mince as a binder, this panade helps add moisture as well as reduces on the shrinking. Using milk for the panade, creates a richer creamier texture in the meatloaf, but any low acidic fatty liquid would do, play around try a chicken stock or buttermilk, see what differences they make.

Finally, the Crying Boy Peri Peri in this recipe seems like a bit of an after thought, but it's not, the richness of this meatloaf requires that we add an acid to it to prevent that fat build up and to bring out the flavor, and Crying Boy The Original Recipe has more than enough cutting power to pull this off. For little munchkins however, I swap the Peri Peri sauce for a pickle like gherkins, and baste at the end with the pickle juice. Crying Boy Peri Peri, also brings some heat as well as some of its's unique flavor, and the heat takes it to the next level.

This is a great recipe for experimentation, keep to the basic technique, wrap in fat, use a panade, add your acid inside and enjoy.