Recipe: Perfect Meatloaf with Mushroom gravy

Meatloaf with Mushroom gravy. This meatloaf is dressed up with a seasoned mushroom gravy. Meatloaf is not the invention of thrifty housewives trying to stretch a small amount of costly meat with fillers and spices. It actually dates, in one form or another—patties or loaves—to ancient Rome and probably before that.

Meatloaf with mushroom gravy is a savory blend of veal and pork with lots of fresh sage and a handful of spices that'll make you sit up and take notice. No ketchup here — this ain't no traditional meatloaf! This is a classic meatloaf recipe with a mushroom twist. You can have Meatloaf with Mushroom gravy using 9 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients of Meatloaf with Mushroom gravy

1. You need 1 1/2 lbs of ground beef 80/20 lean.
2. It's 8 oz of fresh mushrooms sliced thin and chopped.
3. It's 1/2 of medium onion chopped.
4. It's 3/4 cup of bread crumbs.
5. Prepare 1-2 of eggs.
6. Prepare 2 tbls of Equal parts flour and butter.
7. Prepare 1 (14.5 oz) of can beef broth.
8. You need to taste of Salt and pepper.
9. You need of Ketchup.

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Meatloaf with Mushroom gravy step by step

1. Sauté onion and 1/4 of the mushrooms in a bit of olive oil until onions are translucent and mushrooms have browned a bit, set aside to cool.
2. Combine ground meat, cooled mushroom mixture, bread crumbs, eggs, and season with salt and pepper mix thoroughly.
3. Lightly oil the bottom of a baking dish and form meat mixture into a loaf brush with ketchup.
4. Bake in a 350deg oven for about 1 hour or until meat thermometer registers 135deg then remove from oven and rest for about 10 minutes before slicing.
5. While meatloaf is in the oven melt butter in a heavy bottom sauce pan and sauté mushrooms until most of the moisture has evaporated, sprinkle with flour to make a roux (use more flour and butter if you want a thicker gravy) and cook for a couple of minutes add beef broth and bring to a boil, then reduce to a simmer stirring until gravy thickens, adjust seasoning.

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