Meat Loaf Cordon Bleu Florentine with a Twist!

[seemore]

Got this recipe from Cookshack.com:

2 1/2 lbs lean ground beef (we used 1 1/2 lbs ground beef, 1 lb ground venison)
1 C dry bread crumbs
1 C milk
2 beaten eggs
1/2 C diced onions
1 T salt
1/2 T pepper
1 T Worcestershire sauce
1/4 T dry mustard
8 oz smoked ham (we chopped the ham)
6 oz smoked Swiss cheese (we chopped the cheese)
2 - 3 bunches spinach, cleaned (we chopped the spinach)

Place ground beef in large mixing bowl.  Mix in by hand bread crumbs, milk, eggs, onions, salt, pepper, Worcestershire sauce and dry mustard.  On a large piece of parchment of waxed paper, pay out the meat mixture 1/2 " thick or thinner, to a flat shape of approximately 12" x 18".  Layer ham, cheese, and spinach, leaving 1" margin of meat.

Take edge of paper closest to you and roll "jelly roll fashion" the long way.  Pinch ends of roll to seal.

Place in loaf pan or casserole dish.  Smoke-cook at 225 degrees for 1 hour, 45 minutes with apple wood. 

Remove from smoker and pour 3/4 C BBQ sauce over top.  Let set 10 minutes before slicing.

The twist???  Seemore did a bacon wrap around the loaf!

The cook time was longer than what the recipe stated.  We smoked the loaf to an IT of 180 degrees.  We also used a variety of pucks as we were at the end of our pucks.

It was very tasty!  The bacon enhanced the flavor of the meat loaf, and we used our homemade BBQ sauce.

[OU812]

Thats a good lookin meat loaf cordon bleu type fattie.

[squirtthecat]

Looks good Mr/MrsS!

I like the plate..

So please enjoy what's on this plate
Then fill it up again!

[pensrock]

Looks really good.  :)

[KevinG]

Now that is one awesome meatloaf, excellent work!!!!!

[oakville smoker]

B E A U T I F U L !!!!
I am not a meat loaf fan but that looks good enough to eat
This might push me to doing one of these

[Up In Smoke]

Mrs,
I love a good meatloaf so i just bookmarked this page.
it will for sure go on the to do list. Thanks for taking the time to post.

[Caribou]

That looks wonderful Mrs.!
I bookmarked it too. :)
Carolyn

[classicrockgriller]

Holy Smolies!

That is ching ching! $$$$

You get to ring the bell!

Very nice guys. Ya'll make a great team!

[SnellySmokesEm]

WOW!  That looked so good I just took a bite out of my computer screen.  This page has definately been bookmarked!  Now I just have to figure out what I want to cook first, your fajitas or the meatloaf????

;D ;D ;D ;D ;D
Thats a 5 BIG smile recipe for sure!