Country Beef Loaf

Total Time: 45 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 30 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 8
• 2 tablespoons butter or 2 tablespoons margarine
• 1/2 lb mushroom, trimmed & sliced
• 1 onion, diced
• 1 cup celery, thinly sliced
• 1 cup carrot, pared, shredded
• 2 tablespoons water
• 2 lbs beef, ground
• 1/2 cup all-purpose flour, sifted
• 2 teaspoons salt
• 1 teaspoon seasoning salt
• 1 teaspoon fines herbes (optional)
• 2 tablespoons soy sauce or 1/2 cup ketchup

Recipe

• 1 combine butter or margarine, mushrooms, onion, celery, carrots, and water in a medium-size frying pan.
• 2 heat to boiling, cover and cook 10 minutes or until vegetables are crispy tender.
• 3 combine ground beef, flour, salt, seasoned salt, fines herbes, soy sauce, and cooked vegetable mixture in a large bowl.
• 4 mix lightly, until well-blended.
• 5 shape into a rectangular loaf, 8 x 6, in a greased jelly-roll pan.
• 6 bake in moderate over (350 degrees) for 1 hour, or until crusty-brown.
• 7 sprinkle with chopped parsley before serving, if you wish.