Dirty Rats Meat Loaves |
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| Servings | Preparation Time | Cooking Time | Temperature | Notes | Calories | Saturated Fat | Fat | Sodium | Carbohydrates | Protein | Cholesterol |
| 6 (4 oz each) | 25 minutes | 1 hour 20 minutes | 420 | 25gm | 1040mg | ||||||
| INGREDIENTS: | ||
| 1 lb lean (at least 80%) ground beef | 1/2 lb bulk Italian pork sausage | 1/2 cup Italian style bread crumbs |
| 1/2 cup chopped onion | 1/2 cup milk | 1/2 teaspoon salt |
| 1 package (3 oz) cream cheese, softened | 1 egg, beaten | 2 cups chunky tomato pasta sauce |
| green olive slices sweet peas (heated), sliced ripe olives, shoestring potato pieces, sliced almonds and curly fries | ||
| 1 | Heat oven to 350 F. In large bowl, mix beef, sausage, bread crumbs, onion, milk, salt, cream cheese and egg. Divide into 6 equal portions; shape into 4-inch oval loaves. Pinch 1 end of each oval to a point for rat's face. Place in ungreased 13x9-inch glass baking dish. Gently pour pasta sauce over and around loaves. |
| 2 | Bake about 40 minutes or until meat thermometer inserted in center of loaf reads 160F. |
| 3 | Garnish with green olives and peas for eyes, sliced ripe olive for a nose, shoestring potato pieces for whiskers, sliced almonds for teeth and curly fries for tails. |