Pork Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

4 -6 tablespoons butter
1 medium onion, chopped
1 small bell pepper (green or red bell, seeded and finely chopped, or use half a pepper of both!)
1 1/2 lbs ground pork
1 lb smoked ham, finely chopped
1 cup whole wheat crackers or 1 cup saltine crackers, crushed
1 cup milk
2 large eggs, slighty beaten
salt and black pepper (I use about 1/2 teaspoon salt)
GLAZE
1/2 cup orange marmalade
1/2 cup Dijon mustard
1/3 cup brown sugar, packed

Preparation

Set oven to 350 degrees.
Melt butter in a medium saucepan over medium-low heat.
Add in onions and bell pepper/s; cook until veggies are tender, stirring occasionally (about 8-10 minutes) then cool the mixture completely.
In a large bowl mix together ground pork, ham, crushed crackers, milk, eggs, pepper, salt and the cooled onion/pepper mixture; mix well to combine.
Shape into an approx 9x5-inch loaf, and place onto a shallow greased baking pan.
Using a long knife, make shallow criss-cross (diamond) pattern in the top of of loaf.
Bake for 30 minutes.
Meanwhile for the glaze blend the orange marmalade, Dijon mustard and brown sugar in a small bowl.
After 30 minutes of baking remove from oven and drizzle about 1/3 cup glaze over loaf and return to oven to bake for another 15 minutes.
After 15 minutes, drizzle the remaining glaze over loaf and bake for about another 22-25 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in the center of the loaf reads 165\u00b0F.
Transfer the loaf to a platter; let stand for 10 minutes.
Pour the pan juices into a small bowl and whisk to blend.
Slice the loaf and serve with the pan juices.
Delicious!