This recipe is dedicated to all my domestic friends, esp. Pam, who wanted to know what to do with her extra ground beef.
American Meatloaf
By Marion Cunningham (aka "Fannie Farmer")
"The Supper Book"
T'aint pretty, but it's durn good.
2 T butter
1 large onion, finely chopped
3 carrots, chopped into round pieces 1/4" wide
3 celery stalks, chopped into "arc" pieces 1/4" wide
1 lb. ground beef
2 lbs. ground pork
3 cloves garlic
1.25 cups bread crumbs
1 tsp. salt
3/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/8 tsp. cayenne
1.5 tsp. Worcestershire sauce
1/4 cup ketchup
2/3 cup water
Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
Melt butter in large skillet. Add onion, carrots and celery and stir until tender.
In a large bowl, combine meats, sautéed veggies and the rest of the ingredients.
Mix thoroughly with hands but do not squeeze into hard brick (like most loaves). Gently pat into oval shaped mound in a baking dish. This way it will stay moist and tender. Bake 45-50 minutes or until middle is no longer pink.
If you've been begging your best friend for a movie night, this meatloaf will have him/her knocking on your door every night.
If you've been nagging your mother to come visit, give her this loaf o' love and she'll move in next door.
or... if you've been pestering the hubby for, oh-I-don't-know, every item in Pottery Barn, then he'll still say you can't have it, but he'll at least let you look at the catalog. *ahem*
Point is: It's good.
4 comments:
Oh man!!! I am salivating! It is only 8:40am and I could eat that up right about now!!!!
Em, I NEEDED a mealoaf recipe. Mine's a bit...well, it needs a makover. This one looks GREAT!
It is great! This is the recipe that you made for us when we had Owen! Yumms all around!
K
Em, it sure does look yummy. And yes, he was crying for his momma when I used the extra ground beef for meatloaf. He actually muttered the words, "This has great flavor." And thanks for the comment on being domestic....quite a high compliment. :-)
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