50's Prime Time Cafe Meatloaf

1 pound veal ground

pinch thyme, fresh or dried

pinch rosemary, fresh or dried

1/2 teaspoon black pepper

1 tsp salt

1 egg

1/4 cup bread crumbs, fresh

1/4 cup red bell peppers, finely diced

1/4 cup green peppers, finely diced

1/4 cup mushroom buttons, fresh, thinly sliced

mushroom gravy (recipe follows)

preheat oven to 350 degrees

In large mixing bowl, add ground veal. Season with thyme, rosemary, salt, and pepper. if using fresh herbs, chop well before adding. Mix in remaining ingredients and blend well untill well incorporated. Place mixture in a standard loaf pan lined with wax paper and sprayed with non-stick spray. Bake approximently 25 minutes or until internal temperature reaches 160 degrees. Remove from oven and remove meatloaf from pan. discard wax paper and any excess grease. Serve with mushroom gravy.

*Prepare mushroom gravy

Mushroom Gravy

1 tbs butter

2 tbs spanish onion diced

2 tsp garlic finely diced

2 tbs shallots finely diced

2/3 cup brown gravy

1 cup button mushrooms sliced

1/3 cup heavy cream

black pepper

Heat butter in small saucepan. add onion, garlic, shallots, and mushrooms. saute until onions are tender about 5 minutes, add brown gravy and simmer 5 more minutes. In a separate pan reduce heavy cream by half and add to gravy . Season with black pepper as needed.