Ranch Cupcake Meatloaf With Hidden Gems #RSC

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“Ready, Set, Cook! Hidden Valley Contest Entry” This recipes makes 9 large Cupcakes studded with corn, stuffed with gooey cheese and topped with a sweet tomato glaze. Hidden in the loaf is veggies the kiddies and fussy husbands wouldn't know are inside. Making these healthy for your family. Great to make ahead, will freeze for those busy days, or pack and bring to work for lunch.

by Rita1652·published 2013-01-19

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Meatloaf

Servings

9 serving(s)

Total time

1h 5m

prep 20 min

Calories / serving

401 kcal

Ingredients (19)

serves

1 tablespoon butterbutter
4 ounces baby carrotscarrot
8 ounces button mushroomsbutton-mushroom
6 ounces onions, rough choppedonion
3 garlic clovesgarlic
2 tablespoons tomato pastetomato-paste
1 teaspoon fresh thyme leavethyme
1 cup frozen corncorn
10 ounces ground porkground-pork
1 lb ground beefground-beef
2 eggsegg
3/4 cup breadcrumbsbreadcrumbs
1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauceworcestershire
hot sauce, to taste I like to kick it uphot-sauce
1 ounce Hidden Valley® Original Ranch® Dressing and Seasoning Mix, divided in half for meat and glaze
9 ounces mozzarella cheese (for those of us that like it hot) or 9 ounces monterey jack pepper cheese (for those of us that like it hot)mozzarella
1 shallot, mincedshallot
2 tablespoons tomato pastetomato-paste
3 tablespoons brown sugarbrown-sugar

Instructions (12 steps)

01Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
02Spray 2 jumbo 6-cup muffin pans.
03Place carrots, mushrooms, onion and garlic in a food processor and process till very fine.
04In a large pan melt butter add the processed duxelle mixture and cook over medium heat 10 minutes, stirring when needed add the tomato paste and cook 5 more minutes. Toss in thyme and the frozen corn and set aside to cool.
05In a large bowl mix the meats, eggs, Worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, and 1/2 of the ranch seasoning together add the duxelle with corn to the meat mixture and mix with clean hands.
06Divide the mixture in half and place in 9 of the muffin cups place in one ounce cheese in each half filled muffin. Top with the reminder of meat. Pressing down to smooth top.
07Bake in preheated oven 25 minutes when meat registers 155 degrees.
08Meanwhile mix the glaze ingredients together adding the other half of the seasoning. Set aside.
09Remove from oven. Set oven to broil.
10Brush all the glaze on the muffins.
11Broil till bubbly.
12Enjoy.

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