Brocomush Loaf! (it's pretty much exactly as it sounds)

Hey all.

I am officially up to date with sending you all recipes to try out in your own homes or to consider in general. this is a recipe I made just last Friday. And to be frankly honest recipes like this one and any like it, are where I would like a large amount of comments. You'll see in a minute.

 Good Eats Meatloaf(think about the title now...)

6 ounces garlic flavored croutons
1/2 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
1/2 teaspoons chili powder
1 teaspoon dried thyme
one half onion roughly chopped
one carrot, peeled and broken.
Three whole close garlic.
One half red bell pepper
18 ounces ground chuck
18 ounces ground sirloin.
1 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
1 egg

Pour the glaze:
1/2 cup ketchup
1 teaspoon ground cumin
Dash Worchester sauce.
Dash Hot pepper sauce
1 tablespoon honey

heat oven to 325°F.

In a food processor bowl combine croutons, black pepper, cayenne pepper, chili powder and time pulse until the mixture is of a fine texture place this mixture into a large bowl, combine the onion, carrot, garlic and red pepper in the food processor bowl whole thing until the mixture is finely chopped but not puréed combine the vegetable mixture ground sirloin and ground chuck with the breadcrumb mixture. season the meat with kosher salt. Add the egg and combine thoroughly but avoid squeezing the meat.

Axis mixture into a 10 inch loaf pan to mold the shape of the meatloaf. Onto a parchment paper lined baking sheet. Turn the meatloaf out of the pan onto the center of the tray insert a temperature probe with 45° angle into the top of the meatloaf. Avoid touching the bottom of the tray with the probe set the probe for 155°

Combine the catch-up. Truman Worcestershire sauce, hot pepper sauce and honey rushed the glaze onto the me both after it's been cooking for about 10 min.
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For those of you who haven't figured it out already. I replaced the ground chuck and sirloin with equal parts broccoli and portobello mushrooms very finely chopped( and by that I mean, putting it in my ninja and getting in as fine as it can get). I also replaced the egg with a fake egg, like I do. Whenever there is an egg in the recipe.

this was a partial success. While the recipe tasted fine (really good actually with a bit of brown rice)the whole point of making it into a "meat" loafwasn't so much of a success. The "slices" of the loaf couldn't quite hold themselves up and turned into a meatloaf-looking pile of mush(how appropriate that "mush" rooms were used in the recipe)I had hoped that the egg that I had put in would provide enough starch or binding agent to hold everything together. I was not so lucky in that endeavor.

on a bit more of a positive note, if you take the leftover meatloaf and form into patties and bake it for about 10 min. on each side. It makes for a good hamburger(obviously more of a broco-mush burger though) And this also works if you form them into meatballs and such(I've been testing them where i can) but you have to bake them. Unless your pan is somehow super non-stick the Brocomush WILL find a way to stick onto the pan. much easier to mess up foil or parchment paper with a mess(It can be thrown away) as opposed to taking 30 mins to scrub the pan clean.


Well that's it for now...look forward(or don't) to my next curious recipe!