MY MARVELOUS MEATLOAF

My Marvelous Meatloaf image

Provided by Wendy Rusch

Number Of Ingredients 16

5 slice bread, crusts removed
1/2 c milk
1 Tbsp olive oil
8 oz sliced mushrooms
1 large onion, chopped
salt and pepper
2-3 clove garlic, smashed and minced
2 lb hamburger
1 lb ground pork
3 eggs, slightly beaten
2-3 Tbsp worcestershire sauce
1/2 c parmesan cheese
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper
1 1/2 tsp salt
1/4 c brown sugar
3/4 c ketchup

Steps:

1. In a small bowl, pour milk over bread and set aside.
2. Drizzle olive oil in a skillet, heat to to a med high and add mushrooms and onions, season with salt and pepper, saute until caramelized 5-8 minutes, stir in garlic. Set aside to cool. I pour out onto a dinner plate and spread around so it cools faster.
3. Squeeze milk from bread and crumble into a large bowl, disgard milk. Add meats, mushroom mixture, worcetershire sauce, eggs, cheese, 1 1/2t salt and 1/2t pepper and mix well. Divide mixture among 2 large loaf pans. Bake at 375 for 45 min.
4. Mix together brown sugar and ketchup divide and spread over top each loaf, I like to drain fat off loafs before adding ketchup topping. But not needed. Then put back in oven another 15-20 min. Remove from oven...let rest 10 min. then remove from pan onto a platter, I use 2 flipper type spatulas, one on each end to lift out of the pans.
5. I've also done many little things to this meatloaf: ~add cooked wild rice and crasins ~add crumbled blue cheese ~topped with cocktail sauce instead of the ketchup mixture...(cocktail sauce is mainly ketchup and horseradish) ~added thyme and shredded swiss ~added smoked paprika ~added spinach and artichoke ~I have even shaped the meat mixture into 8 lil loaves, place in a 9x13 pan, and poured a large jar of sauerkraut over top then baked it...toward the end sprinkle with shredded swiss and bake until golden... ~added a small can of italian tomato paste to mixture