Recipes

[DiAnne]

I pulled this recipe out of the Sunday paper a few weeks ago. Tried it tonight and loved it.

2 T butter
1-1/2 cups diced onion
1 large Granny Smith apple, peeled and diced
1 pound lean ground beef
1 pound ground lamb
2 T Madras curry powder
1 T sugar
2 t Kosher salt
1/4 t ground black pepper
1/2 cup golden raisins
2 slices white bread soaked in 1/3 cup milk
2 eggs
1 lemon, cut into thin rounds (optional)

Preheat oven to 350.

Melt butter in a large pan over med-high heat. Saute onion and apple until onion is just brown. Let cool.

In a large bowl mix beef and lamb together. Add curry powder, sugar, salt, pepper, milk soaked bread and eggs. Mix together. Add the cooled cooked onion and apple. Put in loaf pan and garnish with thinly sliced lemons.

Bake for 1 hour. Let rest a few minutes and carefully drain any fat. Serve with mango chutney.

For mini loaves divide into eight 8-10 ounce ramekins. Place on a sheet pan and cook for 35-40 minutes.

I added soy sauce and catsup to the mango chutney because I thought it was too sweet. Trader Joe's used to carry a tomato chutney I am going to try. Hope you give this a try. It is a nice change from regular meat loaf!

[jetts_mom]

I love curry, and I'm going to have to try this. I make a curry stuffed squash that this makes me think of - it has ground beef and granny smith apple in it, too. Thanks for sharing!

[RespectLife]

Thanks DiAnne, I always watch for your recipes! Thanks for sharing!

This sounds so different from what I usually make. Granny apple sounds so good!

Can't wait to try it!

I hope it is okay to substitute ground pork or chicken/turkey for the lamb?

[DiAnne]

RespectLife - Lamb has a distinctive flavor so any substitute will change the taste but between the choices you gave I would use ground pork.

I am going to try it with all lamb because I try to avoid using ground beef as much as possible. I served it with roasted yams tossed with olive oil and smoked paprika and a small salad.

I hope you enjoy it.

[RespectLife]

Thanks DiAnne for the suggestions. I will try the pork instead. I loves yams! What a great idea to use smoked paprika! It is one of my favorite spices but I never thought to put it on yams! Brilliant~!

[SydneyH]

Can applesauce be subbed for the apples?

[DiAnne]

SydneyH - I think applesauce might put too much liquid into it. It is nice to bite into little chunks of apple when you eat it.