Cooking Class Meatloaf

• 2 teaspoons peanut oil
• 1 medium onion, chopped
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 large eggs
• 1/2 teaspoon dried thyme leaves
• 1 teaspoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon ground pepper
• 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
• 1/2 cup whole milk
• 1 lb ground chuck
• 1/2 lb ground pork
• 1/2 lb ground veal
• 1 1/3 cups fresh breadcrumbs
• 1/3 cup fresh parsley, chopped
• 1/2 cup ketchup (optional)

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Heat oil in skillet & saute onion and garlic until softened. Let cool.
3. In a large bowl, combine eggs, thyme, salt, pepper, mustard, worcestershire sauce, tabasco sauce, and milk.
4. Add the meat, bread crumbs, parsley, and cooked onion & garlic mixture.
5. Mix with your hands until mixture is evenly blended & meat mixture no longer sticks to side of bowl. If mixture sticks, add 2 tablespoons of milk at a time until it no longer sticks.
6. Do not overmix or meatloaf will be tough.
7. Form mixture into loaf shape on a foil-lined shallow baking pan. Spread ketchup on top, if desired.
8. Bake until meat reaches 160 degrees, about 1 hour.
9. Cool for 20 minutes, slice & serve with mashed potatoes.

peanut oil, onion, garlic, eggs, thyme, salt, ground pepper, mustard, worcestershire sauce, tabasco sauce, milk, ground chuck, ground pork, ground veal, fresh breadcrumbs, fresh parsley, ketchup

Taken from www.food.com/recipe/cooking-class-meatloaf-238112 (may not work)