MEATLOAF ROULADE

Steps:

• In 1 inch boiling water in large saucepan, cook carrots, covered, 25 minutes, or until tender.
• Drain; MASH; measure 3 cups.
• In hot butter in skillet, sauté chopped onion, stirring, until golden.
• Combine HALF of onion with carrot, 1 teaspoon salt, dash pepper.
• Preheat oven to 350°F In large bowl, combine eggs, bread crumbs, milk, thyme, 1 Tablespoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper; mix well.
• Add ground beef, pork, parsley and rest of onion; mix well.
• Roll out between two sheets of waxed paper placed on damp surface.
• Roll to form a rectangle 14 by 10 inches, 1/4 inch thick.
• Remove top sheet of waxed paper.
• Spread meat evenly with carrot filling; roll up as for jelly roll, use the bottom of the wax paper to roll up starting with narrow edge.
• Place the meat loaf, seam side down, in shallow roasting pan lined with foil.
• Make glaze: In small bowl, combine catsup, brown sugar and mustard; mix well.
• Brush over meat loaf.
• Bake uncovered, 1 hour.
• Meanwhile in 1 inch boiling water with ½ teaspoon salt in large skillet, cook whole onions, covered, about 25 minutes; drain.
• Wash green beans; trim ends.
• Using string, tie beans into bundles, ten in each.
• In large skillet, in 1 inch boiling water and 1 teaspoon salt, boil beans gently, covered, 12 to 15 minutes, or until tender.
• Drain.
• Remove strings when on serving platter.
• In skillet, melt 2 Tablespoons butter with granulated sugar.
• Add onions; over medium heat, sauté, turning, until golden-brown-about 5 minutes.
• Arrange meat loaf and vegetables on warm platter.
• Pour 1/4 cup melted butter over beans.