Bill Blass Meat Loaf aka The Louie

I yanked Bill Blass's meat loaf recipe out of House Beautiful a couple decades ago and have been faithfully making it ever since...

It is now affectionately known, round these parts, as the "Louie" in honor of Templeton and George's good cyber friend, Louie "the Meat Loaf" DeVries (pictured above with his Chief of Staff Charlie DeVries)...

2 lbs ground sirloin
1/2 lb ground veal
1/2 ground pork
2 tablespoons butter
1 cup chopped celery
1 cup chopped onions
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/3 cup sour cream
1 1/2 cups soft bread crumbs
1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
pinch dried thyme
pinch dried marjoram
1 bottle Heinz chili sauce
salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

In large mixing bowl gently combine ground sirloin, veal and pork; set aside.

In a medium sauté pan, melt butter over medium high heat. Add celery and onions and sauté until soft, about 10 minutes. Add sautéed celery and onions and all remaining ingredients except chili sauce to meat mixture.

Combine well and form into a loaf, a la Louie. Place the Louie like loaf in a baking dish and top with chili sauce.

Bake 1 hour in a preheated 350° oven. Serves 6 and doesn't turn it's nose up at a good ketchup dousing.

Kindness of Louie and Charlie DeVries for their heartfelt concern for Templeton's failing kidneys. Tatsie feels your Massachusetts love all the way down here...XXOO