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Meat Loaf With Hard Boiled Eggs

Source: Recipe USA

   2 to 3 slices Italian bread cut into ½-inch cubes, to make 1 cup

   1 6-oz can tomato juice

   2 lbs ground beef chuck

   2 eggs

   ¼ cup finely chopped onion

   2 garlic cloves, chopped

   2 teaspoons fresh thyme leaves or ½ teaspoon dried

   2 T chopped fresh parsley

   11/2 teaspoons salt

   ¼ teaspoon pepper

   4 hard-cooked eggs, peeled

   Preheat oven to 350F. In a large bowl, combine bread and tomato juice. Let stand 10

   minutes to soften bread. Add beef, eggs, onion, garlic, thyme, parsley, salt, and pepper. Mix

   with your hands or a wooden spoon to blend well.

   On apiece of wax paper set on a baking sheet, flatten meat into a

   12x8-inch rectangle. Arrange a line of hard-cooked eggs lengthwise down center of

   rectangle. Using paper to help lift meat, roll from long side into a sausage shape. Pinch edges

   to seal. Bake, seam side down, 30 minutes, until firm to touch.

   **From the cook book, " 365 Easy Italian Recipes " published 1991