Baked Meatloaf

Ingredients

• - 5 pounds ground beef
• - 1 medium onion, minced
• - 4 stalks celery, diced
• - 2 medium carrots, minced
• - 3 eggs
• - 1 cup oats
• - 4 ounces ketchup, plus additional for spreading
• - 2 tablespoons minced garlic
• - 1 teaspoon fresh chopped rosemary
• - Salt, pepper, Tabasco and Worcestershire to taste.

Directions

1. Mix all ingredients (I prefer to lightly saute the vegetables for 4 minutes before incorporating). Place in a baking mold or large loaf pan and cook at 350 degrees for 45 minutes.
2. Cool slightly and take out of mold. Place on sheet pan. Add thin layer of ketchup over entire loaf. Raise oven temperature to 400 degrees. Bake for additional 10 minutes (or longer).

For best results cutting the recipe down to one-third, eliminating the dual cooking process, and making the loaf free-standing on a baking sheet with sides in a 350-degree oven, adding a ketchup glaze for the last 15 minutes.

Slice and serve with a pan gravy made from the pan drippings, an ounce of flour, 1 1/2 ounces of butter, a pint of concentrated beef broth, 4 ounces of whipping cream, a hearty splash of red wine and - if available - sauteed wild mushrooms.

Serve with carrots glazed in chicken stock and sugar along with garlic mashed potatoes.

Submitted 6/13/05.
Source: Seattle Times
Submitted By: Karen Bradley
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Baked Meatloaf