Name: Roast Meat Loaf or ‘Hedgehog’
Cuisine: United Kingdom
Ingredients: 450 g/1 lb each minced beef, minced pork and minced veal or turkey; 225 g/8 oz chicken or turkey livers; streaky bacon; salt and freshly ground pepper; 3 fat cloves of garlic, crushed to a paste; 1 good tsp ground allspice; 1 large onion, grated; branches of fresh rosemary; 450 g/1 lb best sausage meat; 10 juniper berries, crushed; 1-2 eggs; 225 g/8 oz good mushrooms, sliced; grated nutmeg; bayleaves; butter; sprigs of fresh thyme

Preparation info

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Two Fat Ladies

By Jennifer Paterson and Clarissa Dickson Wright

Published 1996

About

I evolved this robust, strongly flavoured monster when I had to feed a lot of people at a curious school in Padworth. It is excellent for picnics, parties and christenings, let alone wakes.

Ingredients

450 g/1 lb each minced beef, minced pork and minced veal or turkey
225

Europe
United Kingdom
Main course
Gluten-free
England

Method

Sauté the mushrooms in butter until the juices run, then season with salt and pepper plus a good grating of nutmeg. Reserve. Remove the sinews from the livers and slice. In a large bowl combine all the minced meats, the sausage meat, the livers, the onion, garlic and juniper berries. Add the allspice and some thyme leaves. Season with salt and about 20

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