Last night I made meatloaf for dinner. Normally, I make meatloaf with half beef and half lean turkey. Last night, though, I used 1/3 beef, 1/3 turkey, and 1/3 mushrooms. I buzzed the mushrooms in the food processor until they were the consistency of ground meat. Then I made the meatloaf using the other carefully measured ingredients I always use (i.e. - whatever I find in the pantry that looks good).
It was SO good. I didn't put salt in it, because I thought that the salt would pull too much moisture out of the mushrooms. The meatloaf was still pretty moist and fall-apart-y, so I'd use a little less mushrooms in relation to the meats next time, but MAN, was it good. The mushrooms took on the beefy flavor while cutting way down on the grease. The texture was great, and it made EXCELLENT cold meatloaf sandwiches today.
Who would have thought that mushrooms made it so much better?
Posted by Jen at April 25, 2007 11:37 AM