The evening of February 12, 2008 was once again filled with good food and good times. Jodi brought the yummy "Brie in Puff Pastry" which we spread over fresh sliced apples; Bridget made "Warm Spinach Salads" and L.S.'s main dish was "Brown Sugar Meatloaf". Lara provided "The Lady's Cheesy Mac" (Paula Deen); Andrea made "Golden Pumpkin Rolls" with Cinnamon Butter and Lynley finished the night off with her amazing "Chocolate Mouse" topped with Chocolate-Covered Strawberries. This completed our first "season" of Gourmet Group. We had each taken the opportunity to make one of the six courses. We decided to go out for a fancy dinner in March and discuss the format for our next "round" of Gourmet Group.
Brown Sugar Meatloaf
1/2 Cup packed brown sugar (or more for more sauce)
1/2 Cup Ketchup (or more)
1 1/2 lbs. lean ground beef or turkey
3/4 Cup milk
2 Eggs
1 1/2 t. Salt
1/4 t. Ground black pepper
1 Small chopped onion
1/4 t. Ground ginger
1 Cup finely crushed saltine cracker crumbs
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Lightly grease a 5x9 inch loaf pan. Press the brown sugar into the bottom of the pan. Spread the ketchup over the sugar. Mix remaining ingredients into a bowl. Shape into loaf, put in pan and bake 1 hour.
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Cinnamon Butter (this would taste good on just about any roll)
1/2 cup butter, softened
1 tsp. cinnamon
3 Tbsp. powdered sugar
1/8 cup maple syrup
1 Tbsp. brown sugar
Mix all ingredients with hand mixer until blended. Refrigerate. Use ice cream scoop to form balls. To serve, place one ball in small dish, store others in fridge. Great with hot, homemade rolls. They taste almost better than cinnamon rolls!
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