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Cajun Meat Loaf
  • Seasoning mix:
    • Bay Leaves, Whole 3
    • Salt 2 tbsp
    • Cayenne (or just plain red) Pepper, ground 1½ tsp
    • Black Pepper ½ tsp
    • White Pepper ¾ tsp
    • Cumin, ground ¾ tsp
    • Nutmeg, ground ¾ tsp

  • Unsalted butter 6 tbsp
  • Onions, finely chopped 1 cup
  • Celery, finely chopped ¾ cup
  • Green Bell Peppers, finely chopped ¾ cup
  • Green Onions, finely chopped ½ cup
  • Garlic, minced 3 tsp
  • Tabasco Sauce 2 tbsp
  • Worcestershire Sauce 2 tbsp
  • Evaporated Milk ¾ cup
  • Ketchup ¾ cup
  • Ground Beef 2 lbs
  • Ground Pork 1 lb
  • Eggs, lightly beaten 2
  • Bread Crumbs, very fine, dry 1-2 cups
Preparation:
  1. Combine the Seasoning Mix ingredients in a small bowl and set aside.
  2. Melt the butter in a 1 quart saucepan over medium heat. Add the onions, celery, bell peppers, green onions,Tobasco, Worchestershire and seasoning mix. Sauté until the mixture starts sticking excessively (about six minutes), stirring occasionally. Scrape the pan bottom well.
  3. Stir in the milk and ketchup and continue cooking for about two minutes, thoroughly stirring the mixture.
  4. Let cool on a tray in the fridge.
  5. Mix into the ground pork and beef mixture. Adjust the seasoning and moisture levels with bread crumbs, if the mixture is too moist to hold it’s form.
  6. Form into loafs about 3-4 inches in diameter. You do this by forming the loaf into a long cylinder on a piece of parchment paper. Wrap the parchment paper in cellophane. Wrap the cellophane in tin foil. That is to say the meat loaf mixture is in the center, the next layer is parchment paper, the next layer after that is cellophane and the outer layer is tin foil.
Cook at 350 degrees for approximately 45 minutes. Check the temperature of the meat loaf with a meat thermometer - it's ready when the temperature at the center of the loaf is at least 167.

Date: 2007-01-11 01:27 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] hadriel.livejournal.com
Thank you!!

Date: 2007-01-11 01:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] http://users.livejournal.com/_thwap_/
that sounds pretty good...

Date: 2007-01-11 06:26 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mallt.livejournal.com
cellophane? in the oven?

Date: 2007-01-11 06:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] mallt.livejournal.com
I wasn't doubting you... it's just surprising... I was imagining nasty melting plastic smells coming from the oven!

Meatloaf seems to be a north american thing... I've not eaten it very much & certainly never cooked it... I'll have to try it... what's good to serve with this Cajun version?

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