Hedgehog Meat Loaves Recipes

Steps:

• Mix the ground beef or turkey, rice and onion together-- salt and pepper as you wish.
• Form into 8 "hedgehog" shapes, and line the hedgehogs up in a casserole dish.
• Mix the soup, water and Worcestershire sauce together and pour it over the hedgehogs.
• Cover the casserole dish with foil.
• Bake at 350°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes, occasionally spooning sauce over the hedgehogs.
• Eat.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees F.
• Saute the mushrooms in butter until the juices run, then season with salt and pepper and nutmeg. Reserve.
• Remove the sinews from the livers and slice. In a large bowl combine all the ground meats, sausage, livers, onion, garlic, and juniper berries. Add the allspice and thyme leaves. Season with salt and pepper. Beat the eggs and add to the mixture together with the mushrooms. Mix with your hands thoroughly.
• Oil a roasting pan and place all the mixture in it, molding it into an oval shape. Adorn with the bacon slices, criss-crossed, tucking the ends under the meat. Strew some bay leaves and branches of rosemary on the top and sides. Cook in the preheated oven for 15 minutes, then lower the heat to 350 degrees and cook for 1 1/2 hours.
• When cooked, there will be lots of lovely juices in the bottom of the pan. Save them to flavor soup, stocks, or eggs. Remove the loaf and place on a serving dish. Serve hot or cold with a tomato sauce.
• For children, you might like to turn it into a hedgehog by pressing almonds into the meat to create prickles and placing 3 olives to form eyes and a nose. This should be done before the meat goes into the oven.

Steps:

• Beat together almond paste, sugar and rose water (or egg white) into a workable consistancy.
• Shape into a hedgehog body, head, snout and ears.
• The inside of ears may be colored with cinnamon.
• Carefully attach body parts, then add cloves for eyes.
• Press slivered almonds into body so they stand up resembling spines.
• Air dry.

Steps:

• Heat grill.
• In a large bowl with hands combine all ingredients except ketchup. Divide mixture in half; shape each half into free-form loaf about 4 inches long and 1 inch thick.
• Lightly oil grill grate. Place meat loaves on gas grillover medium-high heat or on charcoal grill 4-6 inches from medium-high coals. Grill 10-12 minutes or until no longer pink in center and outside is crusty, turning once or twice and brushing with ketchup. Pass additional ketchup to serve with meat loaves.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Mix together the ground beef, oatmeal, salt, egg, milk, and onion powder.
• Form into 4 small loaves.
• Place in shallow baking pan.
• Mix the catsup, mustard, and brown sugar together.
• Spread topping evenly on top of the loaves.
• Put a little water in the bottom of the baking pan.
• Bake at 350 for 35-40 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Combine first 4 ingredients in a large bowl. Stir in 1 tablespoons mint, 1 tablespoons thyme, 1/4 teaspoons salt, allspice, and next 3 ingredients (through egg). Press meat mixture into 8 muffin cups coated with cooking spray. Bake at 450 degrees for 7 minutes. Turn broiler to high; broil 3 minutes.
• Combine yogurt, feta, 1 tablespoons lemon juice, 1 teaspoons mint, and 1 teaspoons thyme in a mini food processor; pulse 10 times to combine.
• Combine 1 tablespoons oil, 1 tablespoons juice, 1/8 teaspoons salt, and pepper in a bowl; stir. Add arugula and cucumber; toss.
• Serve meat loaf with yogurt/feta sauce with arugula/cucumber salad on the side.