astray recipes: Mom's meatloaf

Categories: Emeril
Yield: 4 servings

Measure	Ingredient
2 teaspoons	Butter
¾ pounds	Ground beef
¼ pounds	Ground pork
1 cup	Minced onions
½ cup	Minced green peppers
1 tablespoon	Chopped garlic
2	Eggs
½ cup	Heavy cream
¾	To 1 cup bread crumbs
	Salt and fresh ground black
	Pepper
2 cups	Veal stock
2 tablespoons	Flour
2 tablespoons	Water

Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a roasting pan with the butter. In a mixing bowl, beef, pork, onions, peppers, garlic, eggs, cream, and bread crumbs. Blend thoroughly. Season the mixture with salt and pepper. Shape the mixture into a loaf and place on the prepared pan. Pour the stock over the top and place in the oven.

Place in the oven and bake for about 1 to 1½ hours, basting occasionally. Remove the pan from the oven. Using a long spatula, remove the meat loaf from the pan. Place the roasting pan on the stove, over high heat. In a small bowl, whisk the flour with 2 tablespoons water. Whisk the slurry into the gravy. Bring the liquid to a boil and cook for few minutes, stirring constantly. Season the gravy with salt and pepper. Slice the meatloaf in to 8 pieces. Serve two slices of meat loaf per person with a spoonful of gravy.

Yield: 4 Blue-Plate Dinner Specials EMERIL LIVE SHOW #EMIA58 BLUE PLATE SPECIALS-AMERICAN DINERS

mom's meatloaf