Submitted by: Colleen and Jeff Prentiss
Prep Time: 25 minutes Baking Time: 50 minutes Oven Temp: 350 degrees
This colorful meatloaf has a filing of onions, parsley and apricots. The glaze is the juice from the canned apricots. Plan an oven meal around this meat dish, and serve baked or scalloped potatoes, and a baked apple dessert to go along with a marinated vegetable salad. This truly is good eats!!
For 4 to 6 servings, you will need the following:
1 lb ground ham 1/2 lb ground pork 1/4 cup crushed saltine crackers 1 egg 1/2 cup milk 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 teaspoon thyme 1/4 teaspoon pepper 1 cup chopped onion 1 can (16 oz) apricot halves, drained, juice reserved 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
Preparation: In large mixing bowl, blend ground ham, ground pork, crackers, egg, milk, salt, thyme and pepper. Mix until well blended.
Moisten a piece of waxed paper, 18 inches long. Place meat mixture on moistened was paper and pat meat mixture to make a rectangle 9 x 12 inches.
Spread onions over top of meat evenly. Coarsely chop the drained apricots. Sprinkle over onions. Sprinkle parsley over all.
Roll as for a jelly roll, starting with a 9-inch side, making a compact roll. Simply lift up the waxed paper to start meat rolling. Place meat roll in lightly greased 9×5 inch bread pan.
Bake at 350 degrees for 50 minutes. Meanwhile, boil juice down from canned apricots to measure 1/4 cup. Brush meatloaf halfway through baking with this juice.
Allow to stand 10 minutes before serving.
Tips: You may substitute apricot halves with soaked prunes. Or trying this same recipe using 1 lb hamburger and 1/2 lb ground turkey.
For 8 servings: Double the ingredients but use only 1 1/2 cans apricot halves.
