Old-fashioned meat loaf
4 To 6 servi
Ingredients
| Quantity | Ingredient | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | cups | Onion; finely chopped |
| 1 | tablespoon | Minced garlic |
| 1 | Celery rib; chopped fine | |
| 1 | Carrot; chopped fine | |
| ½ | cup | Finely chopped scallion |
| 2 | tablespoons | Unsalted butter |
| 2 | teaspoons | Salt |
| 1½ | teaspoon | Freshly ground black pepper |
| 2 | teaspoons | Worcestershire sauce |
| ⅔ | cup | Ketchup plus additional as an accompaniment if desired |
| 1½ | pounds | Ground chuck |
| ¾ | pounds | Ground pork |
| 1 | cup | Fresh bread crumbs |
| 2 | larges | Eggs; beaten lightly |
| ⅓ | cup | Minced fresh parsley leaves |
Directions
Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a large heavy skillet cook onion, garlic, celery, carrot, and scallion in butter over moderate heat, stirring, 5 minutes. Cook vegetables, covered, stirring occasionally, until carrot it tender, about 5 minutes more. Stir in salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and ⅓ cup of ketchup and cook, stirring, 1 minute. In a large bowl combine well vegetables, meats, bread crumbs, eggs, and parsley. In a shallow baking pan form mixture into a 5" x 10" oval loaf and spread remaining ⅓ cup ketchup over loaf. Bake meat loaf in oven 1 hour, or until a meat thermometer inserted in center registers 155 degrees F.
Posted to MM-Recipes Digest V5 #016 by info@... (Best Image) on Jan 16, 1998