MEAT LOAF

Ingredients:

• 1 lb. ground beef
• 1 lb. ground pork
• 1 lb. ground veal
• 2 beaten eggs
• 1 cup milk
• 1 tablespoon salt
• ½ teaspoon pepper

For the stuffing:

• 3 cups toasted bread crumbs
• 1 teaspoon salt
• ½ teaspoon thyme
• ½ teaspoon pepper
• 1 tablespoon minced onion
• 2 tablespoons melted fat
• 1 cup chopped mushrooms (canned or raw)
• Mushroom liquor or stock to moisten

Instructions:

1. Combine the meats, beaten eggs, milk, salt, and pepper in a bowl.
2. Divide the mixture and put half in a greased loaf pan.
3. Prepare stuffing by combining bread crumbs, salt, thyme, pepper, minced onion, melted fat, mushrooms, and mushroom liquor or stock to moisten.
4. Add the stuffing on top of the first layer of meat, then top with the remaining meat mixture.
5. Bake for 1½ hours at 350°F.