Roast Meat Loaf Or "Hedgehog"
Serves: 3
Olin Prosacco
1 January 1970
Based on User reviews:
47
Spice
52
Sweetness
62
Sourness
41
mins
Prep time (avg)
3.8
Difficulty
Ingredients:
230 g
Mushroom (sliced)1
Butter1
Salt230 g
Chicken Liver1 large
Onion (grated)1 tsp
Ground Allspice230 g
Unsmoked BaconDirections:
1
Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F
2
Saute the mushrooms in butter until the juices run, then season with salt and pepper and nutmeg
3
Reserve
4
Remove the sinews from the livers and slice
5
In a large bowl combine all the ground meats, sausage, livers, onion, garlic, and juniper berries
6
Add the allspice and thyme leaves
7
Season with salt and pepper
8
Beat the eggs and add to the mixture together with the mushrooms
9
Mix with your hands thoroughly
10
Oil a roasting pan and place all the mixture in it, molding it into an oval shape
11
Adorn with the bacon slices, criss-crossed, tucking the ends under the meat
12
Strew some bay leaves and branches of rosemary on the top and sides
13
Cook in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 350 degrees and cook for 1 1/2 hours
14
When cooked, there will be lots of lovely juices in the bottom of the pan
15
Save them to flavor soup, stocks, or eggs
16
Remove the loaf and place on a serving dish
17
Serve hot or cold with a tomato sauce
18
For children, you might like to turn it into a hedgehog by pressing almonds into the meat to create prickles and placing 3 olives to form eyes and a nose
19
This should be done before the meat goes into the oven