Meatloaf Roulade

Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins Preparation Time: 20 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 lbs carrots, pared and cut up
• 1/4 cup butter or 1/4 cup margarine
• 1 cup finely chopped onion
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1 dash pepper
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup grated day old breadcrumbs (in food processor)
• 1/4 cup milk
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 1/2 lbs ground beef
• 1/2 lb ground lean lamb
• 2 tablespoons chopped parsley
• 1/2 cup catsup
• 2 tablespoons brown sugar
• 1/4 teaspoon dry mustard
• 10 medium onions, peeled
• salt
• 1 1/2 lbs fresh green beans
• butter or margarine
• 1 tablespoon granulated sugar

Recipe

• 1 in 1 inch boiling water in large saucepan, cook carrots, covered, 25 minutes, or until tender.
• 2 drain; mash; measure 3 cups.
• 3 in hot butter in skillet, sauté chopped onion, stirring, until golden.
• 4 combine half of onion with carrot, 1 teaspoon salt, dash pepper.
• 5 preheat oven to 350°f in large bowl, combine eggs, bread crumbs, milk, thyme, 1 tablespoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper; mix well.
• 6 add ground beef, lamb, parsley and rest of onion; mix well.
• 7 roll out between two sheets of waxed paper placed on damp surface.
• 8 roll to form a rectangle 14 by 10 inches, 1/4 inch thick.
• 9 remove top sheet of waxed paper.
• 10 spread meat evenly with carrot filling; roll up as for jelly roll, use the bottom of the wax paper to roll up starting with narrow edge.
• 11 place the meat loaf, seam side down, in shallow roasting pan lined with foil.
• 12 make glaze: in small bowl, combine catsup, brown sugar and mustard; mix well.
• 13 brush over meat loaf.
• 14 bake uncovered, 1 hour.
• 15 meanwhile in 1 inch boiling water with ½ teaspoon salt in large skillet, cook whole onions, covered, about 25 minutes; drain.
• 16 wash green beans; trim ends.
• 17 using string, tie beans into bundles, ten in each.
• 18 in large skillet, in 1 inch boiling water and 1 teaspoon salt, boil beans gently, covered, 12 to 15 minutes, or until tender.
• 19 drain.
• 20 remove strings when on serving platter.
• 21 in skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter with granulated sugar.
• 22 add onions; over medium heat, sauté, turning, until golden-brown-about 5 minutes.
• 23 arrange meat loaf and vegetables on warm platter.
• 24 pour 1/4 cup melted butter over beans.