How to Classy Meat Loaf

So you want to make a great supper but don’t want to spend all the time over that hot stove. This is a great one that can be baked while you are away and will be a real crowd pleaser. The taste of this meat recipe is to die for, almost as if you spent all morning slaving away to get the job done.

Instructions

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Things You’ll Need:

• 1 cup of finely chopped onion
• 1 chopped celery rib
• 1 Tbsp minced garlic
• 1 chopped carrot
• 1/2 cup of finely chopped scallion
• 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 tsp salt
• 1 1/2 tsp freshly ground pepper
• 2 tsp Worscestershire sauce
• 2/3 cup ketchup
• 1 1/2 pounds of ground chuck
• 3/4 pound of spicy ground pork sausage
• 1 cup fresh bread crumbs
• 2 large eggs
• 1/3 cup minced fresh parsley leaves

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large cooking skillet cook the onion, garlic, celery, carrot, and scallion in butter, over moderate heat, stirring, for about 5 minutes until softened and brown.
3. Cover and stir occasionally until the carrots are tender, about 5 more minutes.
4. Stir in salt and pepper, Worcestershire sauce, and 1/3 a cup of ketchup.
   Cook for 1 more minute to allow the sauce to cure around the other ingredients.
5. In a large mixing bowl, combine the meats, eggs, bread crumbs, vegetables, and parsley. Form into a loaf and put into a rectangle baking pan with 2 inch high sides. Cover loaf with remaining ketchup.
6. Bake meat loaf in oven for 1 hour. To make it less spicy trade the pork sausage for mild or even another meat of your liking.

Tips & Warnings

• Cover the top of the pan with foil to make sure that it does not dry out.
• Never leave the stove unattended.