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In the Kitchen

Meatloaf
Acquired from Nadine, and fabulous as she says. And indeed it was. It was also excellent as a sandwich the next day... with hubby's homemade bread of course :)
While assembling the ingredients was easy, frying it was not. The next time, I will either cut the recipe by half or make three smaller loaves. They were really hard to turn (brown) in the pan because they were soft. End result, however, was excellent!
Hamburger Mix
1 lb. ground beef
1 lb. ground pork (and/or veal if available)
1 onion – chopped
1 clove of garlic – chopped
Parsley – chopped
Salt and pepper
Fresh grated Parmesan cheese
Worcestershire sauce
Slice of white bread soaked in hot water (next time, I will use milk)
1 egg
Filling
Genoa salami – chopped (next time, I will leave slices whole)
2 hard-cooked eggs – chopped (next time, I will leave eggs whole for a nicer presentation)
Fresh Mozzarella cheese – chopped
Salt and pepper
A bit of parsley – chopped (and whatever other spices you like)
Assembly
Form hamburger mix into 2 small balls, and then flatten each one into a rectangle.
Cover each rectangle with the filling and roll up.
**You might find it easier to roll it if you put the meat on saran wrap – will help to roll up.
Cooking
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Fry loaves in a bit of butter and olive oil. Brown on all sides – it's tricky to turn them over as they will tend to break apart. Use two spatulas or the like.
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Carefully remove rolls from pan and drain most of the fat (but not really required).
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To pan, add chopped onion, parsley, mushrooms, beef broth (Campbell’s beef broth or consommé - one tin, undiluted), and red wine (to taste :)
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Return rolls to pan and cook at least one hour covered (put the lid at a bit of an angle to let the steam out. Add more liquid – water or broth if it boils down to much).
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Let cool and slice in 1/2" slices.
Serve with mashed potatoes with sauce spooned over everything, and devour :)
Excellent as a sandwich the next day.
I recently made it again and had better success with the handling of it because I made them smaller. With half of the meat, I also made muffin meatloaves, which were also excellent.
The ingredients and process are almost the same as above except that this time, I decided to add some Italian ground meat – I used Italian sausages and removed the casing. Excellent results :)
Here are some pics and of the muffins as well. I will definitely make it like this again, including the muffins.
NOTE: Muffin meatloaves take less time to cook. Just watch until they get nicely browned.
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