Roast Meat Loaf Or Hedgehog Recipes

ROAST MEAT LOAF OR "HEDGEHOG"

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Saute the mushrooms in butter until the juices run, then season with salt and pepper and nutmeg. Reserve.
• Remove the sinews from the livers and slice. In a large bowl combine all the ground meats, sausage, livers, onion, garlic, and juniper berries. Add the allspice and thyme leaves. Season with salt and pepper. Beat the eggs and add to the mixture together with the mushrooms. Mix with your hands thoroughly.
• Oil a roasting pan and place all the mixture in it, molding it into an oval shape. Adorn with the bacon slices, criss-crossed, tucking the ends under the meat. Strew some bay leaves and branches of rosemary on the top and sides. Cook in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 350 degrees and cook for 1 1/2 hours.
• When cooked, there will be lots of lovely juices in the bottom of the pan. Save them to flavor soup, stocks, or eggs. Remove the loaf and place on a serving dish. Serve hot or cold with a tomato sauce.
• For children, you might like to turn it into a hedgehog by pressing almonds into the meat to create prickles and placing 3 olives to form eyes and a nose. This should be done before the meat goes into the oven.

POT ROAST MEAT LOAF

Steps:

• In a large bowl, combine milk, ketchup, cracker crumbs, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Add ground beef. Shape meat mixture into an 8x4-in. oval; place in a 13x9-in. baking dish. Place the onions, potatoes, carrots and green pepper around the loaf. , Cover and bake at 350° for 1-1/4 hours. Uncover; bake 15 minutes longer or until a thermometer inserted in meat loaf reads 160°. Garnish vegetables with parsley., Freeze option: Securely wrap and freeze cooled meat loaf in foil. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Unwrap meat loaf and place in a greased shallow baking pan. Reheat meat loaf in a preheated 350° oven until heated through and a thermometer inserted in center reads 165°. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

POT ROAST MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Combine first eight ingredients.
• Shape into loaf in the center of a 13x9-inch pan.
• Place potatoes, onions and carrots in layers around meat. Be sure to season veggies well with your favorite seasonings.
• Cover tightly with foil.
• Bake at 375°F for 1 hour.
• Uncover then bake 10 minutes more.
• I like to brush meat and veggies with a teriyaki glaze before and during baking.
• You are able to change the taste of this meal by the seasoning you use.
• Hope you enjoy.

HEDGEHOG MEAT LOAVES

Steps:

• Mix the ground beef or turkey, rice and onion together-- salt and pepper as you wish.
• Form into 8 "hedgehog" shapes, and line the hedgehogs up in a casserole dish.
• Mix the soup, water and Worcestershire sauce together and pour it over the hedgehogs.
• Cover the casserole dish with foil.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes, occasionally spooning sauce over the hedgehogs.
• Eat.

ROAST MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Mix all the ingredients except the catsup and brown sugar together.
• Press the mixture firmly in an ungreased loaf pan 8 1/2 X 4 1/2 X 2 1/2-inches.
• Loosen the edge with a spatula and unmold the loaf in an ungreased baking pan 13 X 9 X 2-inches.
• Mix the catsup and sugar then spoon onto the loaf.
• Bake uncovered for about 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• Remove the meat loaf to a plate and let stand for 10 minutes.
• Then slice and serve on a heated platter.
• NOTE: If you don't have a pan this size, just form the mixture into a loaf in the large baking pan.
• VARIATION: Roast Meat Loaf Ring: Press the meat mixture firmly into an ungreased 5 to 6 cup ring mold.
• Unmold in the baking pan by rapping mold against the bottom of the larger pan.
• Brush with the catsup mixture.
• Bake for about 50 minutes.
• If you desire, the hole in the ring can be filled with hot potato salad or creamed peas.