Martha Stewart's All American Meatloaf

Pokey in San Antonio, TX's Note:

This is a great meatloaf. I'm surprised it hasn't already been posted yet. The only thing I like better than meat loaf is meatloaf sandwiches, and this meatloaf is even better the next day; sliced between whole wheat bread, topped with a slice of cheese, and lots of mayo. Note: I omitted the veal and adjusted the amount of beef and pork to compensate--it was still great.

• Total Time: 1 hrs 15 mins
• Prep Time: 20 mins
• Cook Time: 55 mins

Ingredients:

Servings: 6

• 3 slices white bread (crust removed)
• 1 cup carrot (shredded)
• 1 celery rib (minced)
• ½ cup onion (minced)
• 2 garlic cloves (minced)
• ½ cup ketchup
• 2 teaspoons dry mustard
• 8 ounces ground round
• 8 ounces ground pork
• 8 ounces ground veal
• 2 eggs (beaten)
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon ground pepper
• 1 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• ½ teaspoon rosemary (chopped)
• 3 tablespoons ketchup
• 2 ½ teaspoons dry mustard
• 2 tablespoons dark brown sugar
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• ½ cup red onion (cut in rings)
• 3 tablespoons water
• 1 tablespoon rosemary (garnish)

Directions:

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Process or crumble the bread and combine with the minced vegetables in a large bowl.
3. Mix the meat, eggs and seasonings together in a bowl. Knead until thoroughly combined. Add meat mixture to the crumbs/veggie mixture. Combine, but don't over mix.
4. Set a wire rack over an 11 x 17 baking pan. Cut a 5 x 11 piece of parchment paper and place it on the rack.
5. Form the meat mixture into and elongated loaf on the parchment paper.
6. Mix the next 3 ingredients together and baste the loaf--set aside.
7. Heat the oil and sauté the onion rings. When soft and golden in places, add water and cook until most of the water evaporates. Garnish the loaf with the onion rings.
8. Bake 30 minutes, then sprinkle rosemary needles on top. Continue baking for another 25 minutes. Cool on rack for 15 minutes before serving.

Reviews

[JodyPody_6]

I have made this recipe a few times....but I cut out the red onion garnish, and cut back the carrots to a half cup. I have made it with pork, beef and ground moose.....so delicious.

[KitchenSinkChef]

At my vacation home w/o my favorite meatloaf recipe. Found this one and loved it! Bringing it into line with my fav, and using what I had on hand, substituted pork flavored stuffing for the bread, added 1/2 minced fresh pear (no carrots), my own bbq sauce instead of ketchup and used 16 oz turkey, 16 oz pork and 8 oz beef (or so-whatever was avail pre-packaged at the store). Used 1 tablespoon Stubbs Wing Sauce for the tabasco and made into 4 small loaves. Smoked those puppies for 2 hrs, added glaze and smoked for another 30 mins. To Die For.

[rct]

The best meatloaf recipe I have found. Great as is but can easily be tweaked and experimented with.