Cardamon and me

I know I've posted this in the past after making it the first time but made it again last night. We get near orgasmic over the flavor so thought it worth posting again. :) This time I used ground chuck, ground lamb (marked down!) and some veal (also marked down, ground at home). I doubled the recipe and froze half uncooked for another day. It was just as wonderful as the first time when I used all beef. The entire house was just fragrant and enticing. It certainly is a recipe that helps keep my spices used and fresh as I stock up again, yet nothing is too strong or would scare someone off trying, IMO. I always serve it with white rice (tossing in a handful of frozen peas to steam in the rice at the last minute is nice) and a leafy salad with oil-vinegar dressing Goomba

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Cardamom Spiced Meatloaf

Recipe By : Amy Finnerty in Southern Living, March 2004. Serving Size : 8 Preparation Time :0:15 Categories : Beef Main Dishes

Amount Measure Ingredient -- Preparation Method -------- ------------ -------------------------------- 2 tablespoons butter 2 carrots, finely diced 1 large onion, finely diced 1 zucchini, finely diced 2 cloves garlic, crushed into a paste 2 teaspoons ground cardamom 1 teaspoon cumin 1-2 teaspoon cinnamon 1-4 teaspoon cayenne 1-4 teaspoon black pepper 1 pound ground chuck 1 pound ground lamb, or additional beef 2 eggs 1 cup fresh bread crumbs 1-2 cup Ketchup 1-3 cup plain yogurt 2 teaspoons salt 2 tablespoons ketchup for topping loaves

In 12 inch nonstick skillet, melt the butter over medium heat. Add the carrots, onion and zucchini and cook, stirring occasionally, until the vegetables are tender. About 15 minutes. Add the garlic and cook 1 minute longer. Stir in the cardamom, cumin, cinnamon, red pepper, black pepper and cook 30 seconds. Set aside to cool slightly.

Preheat over to 375 degrees. In a large bowl combine beef, lamb, eggs, bread crumbs ketchup, yogurt, salt and cooked vegetable mixture just until well blended but not over mixed.

Shape into meatloaf in baking dish and spread the top with the remaining 2 Tbl ketchup. Bake 1 hour 15 min. Let stand 10 minutes to set before carving.

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