Last week, I wrote of being inspired to create a meal inspired by the Sweeney Todd. Seems innocent enough, unless you know anything about the Sondheim musical. Mrs. Lovett's meat pies only become a hit after the arrival of the murderous barber of Fleet Street and new supplier of "meat."
Well, no worries... there is not an ounce of cannibalism in this recipe... so only vegetarians and vegans need to look away.
Also, this is not my recipe... I won't be pulling a "Cindy McCain"...errr, excuse me... a McCain campaign intern who unbeknownst to the Senator's wife posted a McCain "family recipe" that appeared to be directly lifted from the Food Network website. This recipe from the May issue of Everyday With Rachael Ray caught my eye even before seeing Sweeney... but afterwards, it seemed a bit amusing to create my own "meat pie"... though RR and Company call it Crustless Tex-Mex Meatloaf Cheddar Pie.
Basically it's a meatloaf in a pie dish... besides it not being a loaf, what gives it a bit of a "ta-da" factor is that first you create a "crust" using roasted red peppers. From there I just made my usual meatloaf recipe (not following RR's recipe per se)... ground beef, egg, bread crumbs, salsa (in lieu of tomato sauce)... and diced up whatever veggies I had on hand and that made sense ... this time around it was garlic, onion, green bell pepper, carrot.
Here are a couple of pictures:
On the left, is a kinda pretty shot of the pie plate lined with th red peppers and topped with a layer of cheese to serve as "glue" to hold the "crust" together... to the right, is the finished product (topped with more cheese!)... IMHO, it doesn't look all that great, but it tasted pretty good.
Sounds good, but also must have been about a bazillion calories per serving.
*sigh*
Posted by: Scott-O-Rama | Wednesday, April 30, 2008 at 08:13 PM