Meatloaf In Sour Cream Pastry

Total Time: 2 hrs 15 mins Preparation Time: 30 mins Cook Time: 1 hr 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 2 1/4 cups flour
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 12 tablespoons butter, chilled
• 1 egg
• 1/2 cup sour cream
• 4 tablespoons butter
• 1/4 lb mushroom, chopped
• 3 lbs ground beef or 3 lbs ground veal or 3 lbs ground lamb
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 1/4 cup parsley, chopped
• 1 cup cheddar cheese or 1 cup swiss cheese, grated
• 1/2 cup milk
• 1 egg
• 2 tablespoons milk

Recipe

• 1 sift the flour and salt together into a large bowl. with 2 knives cut in the butter until the mixture is like coarse meal.
• 2 in a separate bowl mix the egg and sour cream. add this to the flour mixture until the dough forms a soft, pliable ball. wrap the dough in wax paper and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• 3 after chilling, divide the dough in half and roll out each half to a rectangle 6"x14". save any scraps of dough. butter the bottom of a flat cookie sheet or jelly-roll pan. put one sheet of the pastry onto the pan.
• 4 melt butter in a 12" skillet. add the mushrooms and cook them for 6 - 8 minutes, until lightly colored. add the meat and continue to cook until the meat loses all trace of pink color. combine the mushrooms, cooked meat, onion, parsley, cheese, and milk in a large mixing bowl.
• 5 form the meat mixture into a ball and put it in the center of the dough. with your hands, very gently pat the meat into a loaf shape. cover this with the second piece of pastry dough and seal the edges with a fork.
• 6 moisten the dough with a pastry brush dipped in the egg and 2 tbl milk which has been beaten together. prick holes in the top of the loaf to allow steam to escape.
• 7 roll out the scraps of dough and cut them into strips. crisscross these over the top of the loaf to form a design. again brush it with the egg/milk mixture.
• 8 bake the loaf at 375°f for 45 minutes, when the pastry will be golden brown.