Buffalo Meatloaf With Spinach And Roasted Baby Potatoes Recipe Epicuriouscom

BUFFALO AND PANCETTA MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F.
• Coarsely chop three fourths pancetta and in a large heavy skillet cook over moderate heat until crisp and golden, transferrng to paper towels to drain. Cool pancetta and reserve fat in skillet. Finely chop cooked pancetta. Finely chop onions and mince garlic. Cut celery and carrot into 1/4-inch dice.
• In skillet cook onions, garlic, celery, and carrots in reserved fat over moderate heat, stirring occasionally, until onions are softened. While onion mixture is cooking, coarsely chop parsley.
• In a large bowl stir together chopped pancetta, onion mixture, parsley, 1/2 cup ketchup, salt, and pepper, Worcestershire sauce, bread crumbs, buffalo, and eggs until just combined (do not overmix). In a shallow 13- by 9-inch baking pan form mixture into a 10- by 5-inch oval loaf and spread remaining 1/4 cup ketchup onto it. Drape remaining pancetta over loaf.
• Bake meat loaf in middle of oven 1 hour and 10 minutes, or until a meat thermometer inserted 2 inches into center registers 160°F. Let meat loaf stand 10 minutes and slice.
• Serve meat loaf with whipped potatoes.

ELLEN'S BUFFALO MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat an oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Crumble the bread slice into crumbs and set aside. Grease an 8x8 inch baking dish.
• Thoroughly mix ground buffalo meat, onion, egg, ground mustard, tomatoes, salt, pepper, and bread crumbs in a large bowl.
• Form the meat mixture into a loaf shape about 8x4 inches and place into the middle of the baking dish. Apply ketchup to the top and sides of the meatloaf.
• Bake in preheated oven until meat is no longer pink and ketchup forms a glaze over the meatloaf, 1 1/2 hours. Let stand 10 minutes before serving.