Ingredients
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2 bay leaves
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2 tablespoons butter
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2 green onions, finely chopped
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1 cup onion, finely chopped
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1/3 cup celery, finely chopped
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1 tablespoon garlic, minced
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1 1/2 teaspoons salt
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1 teaspoon cumin
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1/2 teaspoon pepper
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1/4 teaspoon red pepper
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1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
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1/2 cup ketchup
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1/2 cup half-and-half or 1/2 cup evaporated milk
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1 lb extra lean ground beef
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1 lb ground pork
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2 large eggs, lightly beaten
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2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
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1 1/2 teaspoons Tabasco sauce
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1/2 cup green bell pepper, finely chopped
Instructions
- Melt butter in medium skillet over medium heat. Add green onions, onions, green pepper, celery and garlic; cook until softened. Stir in salt, cumin, pepper, ground red pepper, nutmeg and bay leaves and cook 1 minute. Stir in ketchup and half-and-half and simmer 2 minutes. Cool. Remove bay leaves.
- Heat oven to 350ºF. Combine ground beef, ground pork, eggs, worcestershire, and tabasco in large bowl. Stir vegetable mixture into meat mixture until well blended.
- Spoon mixture into 9x5 loaf pan. Bake 70 minutes until meat thermometer inserted in center registers 160ºF. Cool in pan on wire rack 5 minutes. Drain and unmold onto serving platter.