Meat Loaf

This recipe came from Auntie Elaine

Yield

1 loaf

Ingredients

• 2 lbs. beef ground
• 1 lb pork should ground
• 1 lb. veal ground
• 1 large onion
• 2 carrots, finely shredded
• 4-6 garlic cloves finely chopped
• 2 tsp salt
• 2 tsp Dijon mustard
• 1 tsp ground pepper
• 1 tsp crushed rosemary
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 1/2 tsp Tabasco sauce
• 3 eggs slightly beaten
• 3/4 cup fresh bread crumbs soaked in 1/2 cup cream
• 12 strips bacon or salt pork

Directions

1. Combine meat, grated onion and carrot and seasonings. Blend well. Mix in eggs and soaked crumbs combining thoroughly.
2. Make bed of bacon strips in shallow baking dish reserving 4 or 5 for top of loaf. Form the meat mixture into a firm loaf and place on the bed of bacon. cover top with bacon. Bake in 350 degree oven for 1 to 1 1/2 hours.