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Stuffed Rolled Meatloaf

This colorful meatloaf has a filling of onions, parsley and apricots. The glaze is the juice from the canned apricots. Plan an oven meal around this meat dish, and serve baked or scalloped potatoes, and a baked apple dessert, to go along with a marinated vegetable salad.
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Prep Time 25 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Servings: 4 - 6
Course: Entree
Cuisine: American
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

  • 1 lb ham ground
  • 1/2 lb pork ground
  • 1/4 cup saltine crackers crushed
  • 1 egg
  • 1/2 cup milk
  • 1/2 tsp salt
  • 1/2 tsp thyme
  • 1/4 tsp pepper
  • 1 cup onion chopped
  • 1 16 oz can apricot halves drained, juice reserved
  • 1/2 cup fresh parsley chopped

Method
 

  1. In large mixing bowl, blend ground ham, ground pork, crackers, egg, milk, salt, thyme and pepper. Mix until well blended.
  2. Moisen a piece of waxed paper, 18" long. Pat meat mixture to make a rectangle 9 by 12 inches.
  3. Spread onions over top of meat evenly. Coarsely chop the drained apricots. Sprinkle over onions. Sprinkly parsley over all.
  4. Roll as for a jelly roll starting with a 9" side, making a compact roll. Simply lift up the waxed paper to start meat rolling. Place meat in a lighly greased 9 by 5 inch bread pan.
  5. Bake at 350 degrees for 50 min. Meanwhile, boil juice down from canned apricots to measure 1/4 cup. Brush meatloaf halfway through baking with this juice.
  6. Allow to stand 10 min before serving.