Cajun Style Meat Loaf

Recipe Ingredients

2		Bay leaves
1 teaspoon	5ml	Salt to taste
1 teaspoon	5ml	Ground red pepper
1 teaspoon	5ml	Black pepper
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	White pepper
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground cumin
1/2 teaspoon	2.5ml	Ground nutmeg
		Other Ingredients
4 tablespoons	60ml	Margarine
3/4 cup	46g / 1.6oz	Fine chopped onion
1/2 cup	55g / 1.9oz	Fine chopped celery
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Fine chopped green pepper
1/4 cup	15g / 0.5oz	Fine chopped green onion
2 teaspoons	10ml	Minced garlic
1 tablespoon	15ml	Worcestershire sauce
1/2 cup	118ml	Milk
1/2 cup	118ml	Ketchup
2 lbs	908g / 32oz	Ground turkey
2		Egg lightly beaten
1 cup	146g / 5.1oz	Very fine dry bread crumbs

Recipe Instructions

Mix together the bay leaves or crush them, salt, red, black and white peppers, cumin and nutmeg and set aside. In a heavy skillet, melt the margarine and saute the onion, celery, green pepper, green onion and garlic, with the Worcestershire about 6 minutes. Stir in the seasoning mix, then the milk and ketchup, and cook 2 minutes. Remove from heat and cool.

This would be a good time to remove the bay leaves if you left them whole. In an ungreased 13 x 9 inch pan, combine the liquid mixture with the ground turkey, eggs and bread crumbs, Shape into a loaf, which looks like a football, and bake, uncovered at 350F for 25 minutes, then at 400F for 35 minutes.

Source:
Alicia Ross with Beverly Mills

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