Thoughts? Recipes?
My wife makes a killer meatloaf, stuffed Italian style with capricola, mozzarella and portabellas. She combines in a bowl ground chuck, ground round, or ground buffalo with Italian seasoning, Italian style bread crumbs, garlic salt & pepper, one egg per pound of meat, and a fair amount of Heinz ketchup until a malleable consistency is achieved. This mixture is then layed out about 1/2 thick in a rectangular shape on wax paper on a cutting board. Capricola is layed down the middle of the short axis and topped with mozzarella and chopped portabellas. Then the loaf is formed by rolling up both sides over the stuffing and the seam and ends are sealed by hand forming to prevent the escape of melted cheese during baking. It is important not to overly stuff the meatloaf or it will likely split. Once the loaf is formed a clear baking dish is placed over the meatloaf, which is then inverted by holding the dish and the cutting board so that the joined side is down in the baking pan. The top is then garnished a narrowly spaced bead of ketchup with the idea that the ketchup will lightly carmelize while baking. Bake in the oven at 350F until done (usually about 45 minutes). Typically this is served with English peas seasoned with chicken stock and garlic mashed potatoes along with a bottle of full-bodied red wine (usually Cab, Syrah, or Bordeaux). Lately she has taken to laying out extra pieces of capricola in the pan at about the halfway mark and using it as a crispy garnish. Not sure how healthy it is but DAMN it's tasty.
I've often thought that various forms of wild game would be the perfect meat loaf substrate but I've never tried it, particularly venison and the various forms of fowl. Anyone have any experiences or recipes to share?
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I like terrines of various sorts, but have never been a huge fan of meatloaf. Although I'll admit Dam-sel made a mighty fine one last week.
The one thing I do like to do to meatloaf is layer a row of peeled whole hard boiled eggs down the middle, and top with more ground meat. That way a slice of hard cooked egg is in the middle of each slice.
The one thing I do like to do to meatloaf is layer a row of peeled whole hard boiled eggs down the middle, and top with more ground meat. That way a slice of hard cooked egg is in the middle of each slice.
