Hearty Country Meatloaf With Sour Cream Gravy - cooking recipe

Ingredients

Meatloaf
3 slices white bread
1 cup milk
2 tablespoons butter
3/4 cup chopped mushroom
1 small onion, finely chopped
2 cloves garlic, minced
1 lb ground beef
1 lb ground pork
2 eggs, lightly beaten
2 tablespoons ketchup
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
1/2 teaspoon dried marjoram
1/2 teaspoon thyme
salt and pepper
3 slices bacon
chopped fresh parsley (to garnish)
Sour Cream Gravy
1/4 cup pan dripping
2 tablespoons flour
1 cup beef stock
1 cup sour cream
salt and pepper

Preparation

Tear the bread into small pieces and soak in a large mixing bowl with the milk while you prepare the rest of the loaf.
Melt the butter in a small skillet and saute the mushrooms, onion and garlic until soft, about 3 minutes.
Let cool.
Mix the vegetables and meat into the bread mixture with your hands.
Add the eggs, ketchup, Worcestershire sauce, marjoram, thyme, salt and pepper; mix by hand in a circular motion.
Form into a free-form 9\" x 5\" loaf.
Drape with the bacon and place on a greased rack in a broiler pan.
Bake in a preheated 375 degree F oven for about 1 hour and 15 to 30 minutes, or until browned and meat is cooked through.
Lift off the rack and keep warm while making the gravy.
Pour 1/4 cup of the pan drippings into a small saucepan.
Stir flour into the drippings until smooth.
Cook, stirring, over medium heat 3 minutes.
Gradually stir in the stock and bring to a boil.
Reduce the heat and cook until thickened.
Stir in the sour cream; heat through but do not boil.
Season with salt and pepper.
Transfer to a heated sauce boat and sprinkle with parsley.