Country beef loaf

8 servings

Ingredients

QuantityIngredient
2tablespoonsButter or margarine
½poundsMushrooms, trimmed & sliced
1xOnion, diced (1 cup)
1cupThinly sliced celery
1cupShredded pared carrots
2tablespoonsWater
2poundsGround beef
½cupSifted all-purpose flour
2teaspoonsSalt
1teaspoonSeasoned salt
1teaspoonFines herbes
2tablespoonsSoy sauce

Directions

Combine butter or margarine, mushrooms, onion, celery, carrots, and water in a medium-size frying pan. Heat to boiling, cover and cook 10 minutes or until vegetables are crispy tender. Combine ground beef, flour, salt, seasoned salt, fines herbes, soy sauce, and cooked vegetable mixture in a large bowl. Mix lightly, until well-blended.

Shape into a rectangular loaf, 8 X 6, in a greased jelly-roll pan.

Bake in moderate over (350 degrees) for 1 hour, or until crusty-brown. Sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving, if you wish.