Old Fashioned Meat-loaf

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

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons butter
• 2 cups sweet onions, finely chopped
• 1 tablespoon garlic
• 1 celery rib, finely chopped
• 1 1/2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 tablespoon worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup ketchup, divided
• 1 tablespoon brown sugar
• 1 1/2 lbs ground round (or chuck)
• 1/2 lb ground lamb sausage (such as jimmy dean)
• 1 cup bread, crumbs fine
• 2 eggs, lightly beaten

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 350 degrees f; position oven rack to middle of the oven.
• 2 melt butter in heavy skillet and saute onions, garlic and celery for approximately 4-5 minutes; until onions are translucent.
• 3 add salt, pepper, worcestershire sauce and 1/2 cup ketchup; cook for 1 minute, until combined.
• 4 transfer to a large bowl and add meats, bread crumbs and eggs; blend with your hands; do not overmix.
• 5 in in 9 x 13 pan (sprayed with cooking oil) form the mixture into a 10 x 5 inch oval loaf.
• 6 mix brown sugar with remaining ketchup and spread on top.
• 7 bake until interntal temperature registers 155 degrees f; approximately 1 to 1 1/4 hours.
• 8 remove from oven, cover with foil and allow to stand for 5 minutes before cutting and serving.