All American Meatloaf Recipe

1. Heat oven to 400 degrees. Remove crusts from bread and place in the bowl of a food processor, Process till fine crumbs form about 10 seconds. Transfer breadcrumbs to a large mixing bowl. Do not substitute dried breadcrumbs in this step as they will make your meatloaf rubbery.
   
   
2. Place carrot, celery, yellow onion, garlic and parsley in the bowl of the food processor. Process till vegs have been minced about 30 seconds, stopping to scrape down the sides of the bowl once or twice. Chopping vegetables this way saves time and ensures that vegs will be small enough to cook through and not be crunchy. Transfer vegs to bowl with the breadcrumbs.
   
   
3. Add 1/2 cup ketchup, 2 tsp dry mustard, pork, veal, beef, eggs, salt, pepper, Tabasco, and rosemary. Using your hands, knead the ingredients till thoroughly combined about one minute. Be careful not to overknead; doing so will result in a heavy and dense meatloaf. The texture should be wet, but tight enough to hold a free-form shape.
   
   
4. Set a wire baking rack into an 11 by 17 inch baking pan. Cut a 5 by 11 inch piece of parchment paper and place over center of rack to prevent meatloaf from falling through. Using your hands form an elongated meatloaf covering the parchment.
   
   
5. Place the remaining 3 TBs ketchup, remaining 2 1/2 tsp mustard, and brown sugar in a bowl. Mix till smooth. Using a pastry brush, generously brush the glaze over meatloaf. Place oil in a medium saucepan set over high heat. When oil is smoking add red onion. Cook stirring occasionally till onion is soft and golden in places. Add 3 TBs water, and cook, stirring till most of water has evaporated. Transfer onion to a bowl to cool slightly, then sprinkle onion over the meatloaf.
   
   
6. Bake 30 minutes, then sprinkle rosemary needles on top. Continue baking loaf till an instant read thermometer inserted into the center of the meatloaf registers 160 degrees, about 25 minutes more. Let meatloaf cool on rack, 15 minutes.
   
   

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Nutrition Grade 96% confidence

Good points High in niacin High in phosphorus Very high in selenium High in thiamin High in vitamin A High in zinc

Bad points High in cholesterol High in sodium