Veal-and-Mushroom Meat Loaf with Bacon

Name: Veal-and-Mushroom Meat Loaf with Bacon
Prep time: 2 h 15 min
Cook time: 2 h 15 min
Total time: 2 h 15 min
Yield: 8
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 1 large egg, lightly beaten; 1 Tbsp all-purpose flour; 1 medium green bell pepper, minced; 1 kilograms ground veal (not too lean); 59 milliliters drained prepared horseradish; 59 milliliters ketchup; 1 medium onion, minced; 237 milliliters oyster crackers, crumbled; 8 servings Salt and freshly ground pepper; 237 milliliters sour cream; 227 grams lean thick-cut bacon, trimmed of fat and coarsely chopped plus 4 thick-cut slices, halved crosswise; 4 Tbsps unsalted butter; 227 grams white mushrooms, cut into 1/2-inch dice

Veal-and-Mushroom Meat Loaf with Bacon might be just the main course you are searching for. This recipe makes 8 servings with 490 calories, 34g of protein, and 33g of fat each. This recipe covers 22% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. Head to the store and pick up horseradish, ground veal, oyster crackers, and a few other things to make it today. To use up the sour cream you could follow this main course with the Sour Cream Apple Pie as a dessert.

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 35

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Melt 2 tablespoons of the butter in a large skillet.

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Butter

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Frying Pan

Add the mushrooms, season with salt and pepper and cook over moderate heat until they release their liquid, about 4 minutes. Increase the heat to moderately high and cook, stirring, until browned, about 4 minutes longer.

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Salt And Pepper

Mushrooms

Add the onion, bell pepper and 1 tablespoon of the butter. Cook over low heat, stirring occasionally, until the onion and bell pepper soften, about 10 minutes.

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Bell Pepper

Butter

Onion

Let cool to room temperature.

Mince the chopped bacon in a food processor. In a large bowl, combine the minced bacon with the veal, cracker crumbs, ketchup, horseradish, egg and the cooled mushroom mixture. Season with salt and pepper and mix thoroughly with your hands. Saut a small piece of the meat-loaf mixture in the skillet over moderate heat and taste for seasoning.

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Salt And Pepper

Cracker Crumbs

Horseradish

Seasoning

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Ketchup

Bacon

Ground Meat

Meat

Veal

Egg

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Bowl

Add more salt and pepper to the meat-loaf mixture, if necessary. Pack the meat into a 2-quart loaf pan and arrange the halved bacon strips on top.

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Bacon

Meat

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Loaf Pan

Bake the meat loaf for 1 1/4 hours, or until an instant-read thermometer inserted in the center registers 14

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Oven

Drain the pan juices into a heatproof bowl and skim off the fat; you should have 2/3 cup of juices.

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Bowl

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Preheat the broiler. Broil the meat loaf 5 inches from the heat for 1 minute, or until the bacon is browned.

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Bacon

Meat

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Let the meat loaf rest in the pan for at least 10 or for up to 30 minutes.

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Meat

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Meanwhile, in a small saucepan, melt the remaining 1 tablespoon of butter over low heat.

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Whisk in the flour until smooth, then whisk in the reserved pan juices. Bring the sauce to a simmer, whisking constantly, until thickened.

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All Purpose Flour

Sauce

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Whisk

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Add the sour cream and cook, stirring, until hot, about 2 minutes; do not let the sauce boil. Season with salt and pepper. Thickly slice the meat loaf and serve with the sour cream sauce.

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Salt And Pepper

Sauce

Sour Cream