Braised Meat Loaf with Vegetables

Braised Meat Loaf with Vegetables

Ingredients

1-1/2 lbs ground chuck    

        Salt and pepper                

1 onion, grated                       

1 tsp. poultry seasoning   

1/4  cup fine

dry bread crumbs            

1/2 cup water                   

1 egg

2 Tbsp. fat

4 small white onions

1/2 lb green beans

4 small new potatoes

1 turnip, 1/2 in. dice

Instructions

        Lightly but thoroughly mix meat with 1-1/2 tsp. salt, 1/4 tsp. pepper, onion, poultry seasoning, crumbs soaked in water, and egg. Shape into loaf. Brown in fat in Dutch oven. Add a few Tbsps. water, cover braise slowly about 3/4 hour. Add vegetables, season; cook 1/2 hour longer, or until vegetables are tender. Remove meat and vegetables, and make a little gravy with pan drippings, if desired. Serves 4.

 Individual BBQ Meat loaves

Ingredients

1-1/2 lbs meat, mix of ground chuck, pork and veal

1 cup finely minced sweet onion

1/2 cup firm fresh bread crumbs

1/4 cup minced flat leaf parsley

1 Tbsp. Worcestershire sauce

1 Tbsp. milk

1 tsp. dry mustard

3/4 tsp. salt

 1/2 tsp. freshly ground pepper

1/4 tsp. freshly grated nutmeg

        Pinch of ground cloves

1 egg

1 cup, one of my barbeque sauces.

Instructions

          Prepare a medium hot fire in a covered grill or preheat a gas grill. In a large mixing bowl, use your hands to gently but thoroughly combine the meat, onion, bread crumbs, parsley, Worcestershire, milk, mustard, salt, pepper, nutmeg, cloves and egg. Form the mixture into 6 oval loaves each about 3/4-inch thick. Grill the meatloaves turning two or three times and brushing with the sauce halfway through the cooking, until the loaves are well browned about 15 minutes