I created this recipe as a Superbowl recipe for a Superbowl recipe contest a few months ago. Saddly I didn't win, but I did get to eat a whole meatloaf in the process. So I made out pretty well afterall. This is really just a different spin on my Italian Spinach Stuffed Pastry Wrapped Meatloaf for people who perfer BBQ sauce and blue cheese. I made my own crust, but you could skip that step and wrap yours in a premade rolled crust from the grocery. Just make sure you let it thaw until it's plyable and you may need to flour and roll it to the right size.
Pastry Wrapped BBQ Meatloaf Stuffed with Blue Cheese and Spinach
Meatloaf:
2 lbs ground turkey or beef
2 eggs
3/4 cup blue cheese crumbles
1 cup bbq sauce
10 oz frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained
2 cups bread crumbs
1 medium onion, finely chopped
salt and pepper
Preheat oven to 350. In a small skillet saute onion with a tablespoon of oil or butter until softened. Mix the meat, eggs, bread crumbs, bbq sauce, salt and pepper, and onion together in a large mixing bowl. Line a cookie sheet with a generous amount of foil. Pat out the meatloaf so that it completely covers the cookie sheet evenly. Layer the spinach and blue cheese in a line lengthwise in the center of the meatloaf. Use the foil to help fold the edges over the spinach and cheese, shaping tightly into a loaf. Make sure the loaf is smooth and sealed. Bend the foil over loaf and seal tightly. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour. Wrap with pastry and continue to bake as directed below.
Crust:
2 1/2 cups flour
2 sticks butter
1 egg
1/2 c. sour cream
With hands or food processor, combine flour and butter to form a crumbly texture. Add egg and sour cream and combine into dough. Turn dough out onto generously floured surface and roll into a rectangle roughly the size of the cookie sheet. Place the cooked meatloaf in the center of the sheet of dough. Wrap the dough around the loaf. Dampen the edges at the seams so they will seal well. Place the pastry-wrapped loaf in a greased shallow pan (you may have yet more fat cook out) with the seam down. Bake at 375 degrees F until the crust is golden brown, usually 25 to 30 min. Serve hot or at room temperature. Cut slices across the loaf to show the layers.
OH my god.... I'm going to have to make this. It sounds like a heart attack waiting to happen, but based on the title alone I'M THERE!
Posted by: Chris | February 15, 2008 at 02:23 PM
You are so creative in the food department.
That's why I love your reading your blog.
Always something interesting.
I am thinking of making these for my little guy, they might be a little big for his appetite but with 2 other growing boys in the house I am sure they will be gobbled up!
Posted by: Meghan | February 20, 2008 at 01:53 PM
Ohhh can't wait to try this one. Thanks!
Posted by: Kimberly | February 26, 2008 at 04:54 PM
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Posted by: foodtube.net | March 04, 2008 at 04:24 PM
Seems like you have a real jones on for blue cheese. Not that I'm blaming you or anything - this looks like comfort food at its finest. May have to try this soon. Thanks for posting the recipe.
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Posted by: Jay | March 07, 2008 at 09:22 PM
Hey bud, JP here--friend of habitat67, who I think nudged you to submit this to the Super Bowl recipe contest in the first place.
Anyway, I made this over the weekend and it was INCREDIBLE. Did 1 lb. turkey/1 lb. beef, and it was the perfect combo. The only thing you neglect to mention is that this is enough to serve like, um, 12 people. The leftovers alone were larger than a small child. :-) Not that I'm complaining--it was just as good for lunch the next day.
I'll definitely be making this one again. Carry on!
Posted by: JP in Chicago | March 11, 2008 at 01:00 PM
ok.... just came across your blog (btw congrats! =0)
love your recipes! meat and blue cheese. YUM!
Posted by: Powell/APJ | August 13, 2008 at 05:56 AM