Lamb meat loaf with feta cheese
Yield: 8 Servings
Ingredients:
- 1/3 c Pine nuts
- 2 1/2 lb Lean ground lamb
- 1 md Green pepper diced
- 1 md Onion diced
- 2 cl Garlic minced +
- 2 lg Eggs
- 2 ts Ground pepper
- 2 ts Dried basil
- 1 ts Dried rosemary
- 1/2 ts Salt
- 4 oz Feta cheese crumbled
- 8 oz Can tomato sauce
Instructions:
Garnishes: dried parsley - fresh parsley sprigs Source: Southern Living Magazine 1/97 BAKE pine nuts in a shallow pan at 350 degrees F. stirring occasionally 5 minutes or until toasted. COMBINE pine nuts and next 9 ingredients; press half of mixture into a lightly greased 9x5-inch loafpan. Sprinkle with cheese and press remaining lamb mixture over cheese. BAKE at 375 degrees F. for 1 1/2 hours; remove from pan and place on a rack in a broiler pan. Pour tomato sauce over top; bake 10 more minutes or until done. Garnish if desired. Serve with toasted pita bread. From the recipe files of suzy@gannett.infi.net
