Not Your Mama’s Meatloaf

Name: Not Your Mama’s Meatloaf
Yield: feed 6 to 8
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1 1/2 cups finely diced onion; 1 cup finely diced green pepper; Pinch plus 1 tablespoon kosher salt; Pinch plus 2 teaspoons black pepper; 1 heaping tablespoon minced garlic; 1 1/2 pounds ground beef; 3/4 pound bulk sweet Italian sausage; 5 slices soft white bread; 1 1/4 cups Mutha Sauce (page 165); 2 teaspoons chili powder; 1 teaspoon ground cumin; 1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper; 2 eggs, slightly beaten

January 24, 2012

My mother is a great cook, but she never made meatloaf like this, and I bet yours never did either. It’s the spice that gives ours its touch of creepin’ heat. Way before meatloaf made a comeback on restaurant menus we were servin’ it at the Dinosaur. It was our very first special.

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