Mashed Potato Meat Loaf Casserole

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Mashed Potato Meat Loaf Casserole Ingredients

Potato Filling	2 onions, chopped
	1 garlic clove minced
2 lbs. baking potatoes peeled and cut into 1 inch chunks	1 tsp. dried oregano
1/2 cup sour cream or plain yogurt	1/2 tsp. dried basil
1 Tbs. butter	1 pound lean ground beef or meat loaf mixture (ground beef, ground pork, and ground veal)
1/2 tsp. salt	2 eggs
1/8 tsp. pepper	1/2 cup plain dry bread crumbs
1 egg	1/2 cup tomato sauce
1/4 cup chopped fresh basir cilantro or parsley	1/4 cup chopped fresh parsley basil or cilantro
1 Tbs. sesame seeds (optional)	1/4 dry white wine
	1 Tbs. fresh lemon juice or cider vinegar (optional)
Meat Loaf Shell	1/2 tsp. salt
	1/4 tsp. pepper
1 Tbs. olive or vegetable oil

Instructions for Mashed Potato Meat Loaf Casserole

Boil potatoes until done. While potatoes are cooking start the meatloaf shell and preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a shallow 2 quart casserole. In a skillet, saute onions in oil 5 min. over med. heat. Add garlic, oregano and dried basil. Cook 1 min. Spoon into a large bowl and cool about 10 min.

Crumble meat into onion mixture. Add eggs, breadcrumbs, tomato sauce, fresh basil, wine (lemon juice or vinegar if desired), salt and pepper. Mix just until throughly combined. Place in casserole, and press over bottom and up sides to make a shell.

Drain potatoes well. Place in a medium bowl. Beat in sour cream or yogurt, butter, salt and pepper. Add egg and beat until fluffy. Beat in basil. Fill center of shell with mashed potatoes and sprinkle with sesame seeds if desired. Bake 50 to 60 minutes until potatoes puff and are lightly browned. Let stand at least 15 minutes before serving.

Note: Use all ground beef or half ground chicken or ground turkey. If using parsley in meat loaf shell, you can add 1/2 a cup pimento stuffed chopped green olives.

You can add a cup of cooked and well drained chopped broccoli to the mashed potatoe mixture.

The last 5 min. of cooking, you can sprinkle shredded cheese on top of the potatoes or sprinkle with 1/4 cup of grated parmesan cheese.

Main Ingredient: BeefCuisine: American

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