The Secret Recipe

Here it is... the long awaited secret, world famous meat-loaf recipe. I have standard basic ingredients then each batch is doctored with spices & sauces. Here is the skeleton..

2 lb ground beef
1 lb ground breakfast sausage (I prefer to use the hot & spicey Jimmy Dean tube style snausage)
2 cups breadcrumbs (freshly made with whatever bread product I have on hand... croutons, crackers, bagel, baguette etc.)
2 cups onion (dice & saute)
2 eggs
1/2 c milk
Worcester Sauce
Ketchup
BBQ sauce (optional)
Salt & Pepper

Preheat oven to 350
I mix ingregients in Kitchen-Aide to keep hands clean. Keep mixer going until the every end...
1) Combine beef & sausage
2) add cooled onions
3) add eggs & milk
4) add breadcrumbs
5) add several dashes of Worcester sauce and glop of ketchup & bbq sauce if you want
6) add salt & pepper
7+) sometimes I add Tony Chachere's Original Creole Seasoning or Seasoned Salt or any other dry savory seasonings. Whatever you want in appropriate amounts.

Remove meat from mixing bowl and shape into a loaf (this is where hands get gooey).
I cook on a cooling rack over a cookie sheet (with sides) so any fat drips out of loaf.
Place loaf on rack and cook for 30 minutes.
"Frost" the loaf with plain ketchup or ketchup/bbq sauce mix
Return loaf to oven & cook for another 30-45mins - until internal temp is 150 degrees.

ENJOY.