I need meatloaf help

sorry rocker types not the band.

My Mom is really sick and has requested I make her a meatloaf for dinner. Comfort food and all.

Can any of you good cooks out there suggest a good recipe ?? I would much appreciate it and so would my Mom. :loveya:

I've made meatloaf before and it's awful. I was looking for one of those family recipe sort of things that everyone you know loves it

Just take a packet of onion soup mix, about 1/4 to 1/2 c. ketchup, 2 eggs, 1 c. water and 1 c. breadcrumbs, and mix that all in with the ground beef. (at least I think those are the proportions...)

Then shape, top with more ketchup, and bake at 350 for ~ 45 min to 1 hr.

pretty much the same as this one - can't remember it all from top of my head...

Every time I make it people go crazy sniffing around the microwave at work asking if they can have the recipe. I got it from the "New Basics Cookbook" by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins.

It's a little labor intensive with all the vegetable chopping beforehand, but it really is worth it!

Also-- you need two pans-- a long one for the meatloaf, and one of those disposable aluminum ones that's a bit longer to use for the water bath.

Enjoy!
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"MARKET STREET" MEAT LOAF

3 Tbsp unsalted Butter
¾ cup finely chopped Onion
¾ cup finely chopped Green Onions
¾ cup finely chopped Carrots
¼ cup finely chopped Celery
¼ cup minced Red Bell Pepper
1¼ cup minced Green Bell Pepper

Salt, to taste
1 tsp freshly ground Black Pepper
½ tsp ground White Pepper
¼ tsp Cayenne Pepper
1 tsp ground Cumin
½ tsp freshly grated Nutmeg

3 Eggs, well beaten
½ cup Ketchup

½ cup Half-and-Half
2 lbs lean ground Beef Chuck
12 oz Sausage meat (not flavored Italian
sausage)
¾ cup fresh toasted Bread Crumbs

Melt the butter in a heavy skillet and add
the onion, scallions, carrots, celery bell
peppers, and garlic. Cook, stirring often,
until the moisture from the vegetables has
evaporated, about 10 minutes. Set aside to
cool; then refrigerate, covered, until
chilled, at least 1 hour. Combine the salt,
black pepper, white pepper, cayenne, cumin,
nutmeg and eggs in a mixing bowl, and beat
well. Add the ketchup and half-and-half.
Blend thoroughly. Add the chuck, sausage,
and bread crumbs to the egg mixture. Then
add the chilled vegetables and mix thoroughly
with your hands, kneading for 5 minutes.
With damp hands, form the mixture into an
oval approximately 17 x 4-1/2 x 1-1/2
inches---resembling a long loaf of bread.
Preheat the oven to 375°. Place the meat
loaf in a baking dish, and place the dish
inside a larger pan. Pour boiling water into
the larger pan until it reaches halfway up
the sides of the baking dish.

(Note from Steve; If you, as most of us home
cooks, do not have a baking dish big enough
to hold a 17-inch loaf, try making an 11 x 9
x 1-1/2 inch loaf in an 11 x 9 inch dish that
can also fit into a 13 x 10 inch lasagna pan.
You figure it out. Just maintain the 1-1/2
inch thickness of the meat as it affects the
baking time.)

Place the pans in the oven and bake for 35 to
40 minutes. (40 to 50 minutes if using the
wider loaf.) Remove the baking dish from the
water bath, and let the meat loaf rest for 20
minutes before serving. Eat.

one from the old America Cooks cookbook altho I have all of Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins cookbooks. Sounds great!

From Alton Brown's "Good Eats"...

http://www.foodnetwork.com/food/recipes/recipe/0,,FOOD_9936_13960,00.html

The smell from the oven drives me crazy in anticipation.

Edit: Don't skip the part where it's removed from the pan before cooking. It's very important for proper crust development.

really likes it. To two lbs. ground meat I add one egg, 1 teaspoon all purpose seasoning (I use Adobo but you can use a mixture of salt, pepper and garlic powder, whatever your preference, or if you have dried onion soup mix you can use that instead) about 1/2 cup bread crumbs, a squirt of ketchup, a few dashes of worshteshire sauce if you have it. Then I mix it all together good, form a loaf, put it on a baking dish and pour a can of cream of mushroom soup on top. Then I bake for about an hour on 325 degrees.

I don't usually use recipies, but cook from concept

dump in the burger
egg or two 1 egg / lb burger
some quaker oats to bind it all together
dice a small onion
throw the cats off the counter
mustard
garlic
throw the cat off the counter
catsup
mix it around
parmasan cheese
shredded chedder
look around for more stuff to add-sun dried tomatos are a current fave
mix some more
throw cat off counter
make a loaf, bake at about 350 for 45 min to 90 min depending on the size

the cats off the counter. Once I make a recipe I usually just remember the ingredients, not the measurements.

if she's sick she might have trouble tolerating pork, and the best recipes call for a mix of beef, pork and veal or chicken. usually the proportions are one part each of ground pork and veal or chicken (i prefer chicken) to two parts beef, for instance 1/2 pound each pork and chicken, 1 pound beef. skip the pork and mix beef and chicken, use a strip of bacon on top while baking (and a bay leaf). my father's trick for a firm loaf: once it's mixed, pound it mercilessly before putting it in the pan.

the meatloaf was a complete success and Mom is in bed sound asleep !

I told her it was DU loaf she loved it !!