Meat Loaf, Al Italiano I Made It

Meat Loaf, Al Italiano

NadineM 8 years ago

Meat Loaf, Al Italiano

A wonderful recipe from Brenda. I did not do the sauce recommended as I did not have the ingredients this time. I ended up doing 1 1/2 x's the recipe as the beef/pork combo I had allowed me to do so. I divided the recipe into two batches one plan and the other as a brown sugar meatloaf. Family loved it and even DS#1 made sure he was able to take some to work for lunch today. Will be making again and doing the glaze for sure. Thank you Brenda for sharing another wonderful recipe.

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bakerme 8 years ago said:

Looks good, Nadine! And leftover meatloaf makes yummy sandwiches!

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

When she posted this I thought, "That is one gorgeous meat loaf!" I had a feeling it would be great. I have a hard time finding ground pork here. I find ground pork made into country sausage but seeing ground pork is rare.

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Cosmicmother 8 years ago said:

Sounds good, Nadine!
Can you get Italian sausages FA? I bet you could use that instead of ground pork, and you wouldn't even need the Italian seasoning. I often use that if I can't find ground pork, and just remove the casing. :)

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Oh, hey! That sounds like a great idea! Thank you! :-D

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NadineM 8 years ago said:

Your right Bakerme meatloaf does make great sandwiches.

FA another thought is you could make your own. I have a meat grinder which I do not use enough agree but I think a food process might do the trick just do it in small batches.

Great idea Cosmicmother

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mommyluvs2cook 8 years ago said:

Bookmarked this one, sounds delicious! I would have to leave out the mushrooms though, I'm the only one who likes them and no matter how small I chopped them, they would detect them lol :)

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bakerme 8 years ago said:

Mommyluvs2cook, do you think they'd notice the mushrooms if you mushed them up in a blender or food processor?

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frankieanne 8 years ago said:

Mushrooms. bleah Leave them out.
:-P

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bakerme 8 years ago said:

I like mushrooms, but have never added them to meatloaf. My husband will eat them in a few select dishes, but otherwise won't touch 'em.

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mommyluvs2cook 8 years ago said:

I don't know Bakerme lol, I'm still worried they would taste them, then I would have to eat the whole meat loaf myself. I like meatloaf but not enough to have it 4 or 5 days in a row!

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LindsayB 8 years ago said:

Saw somewhere that the mushrooms add to moisture and tenderness.

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bakerme 8 years ago said:

America's Test Kitchen says mushrooms add a meatier flavor, but now I can't remember if they used them in hamburgers or meatloaf. I was going to say you could try using a small amount, maybe 2 or 3, but that would be so few it might defeat the purpose!

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