a recipe for Porkloaf

If I haven't mentioned this before; we go in with my family and have a hog butchered once a year. We buy one at the county fair in July each year, have it butchered and divided amongst us and then enjoy the meat all year long.  One of the cuts of meat we get is pork burgers, and we usually eat them as burgers and fix them on the grill.  So when I found a recipe that called for pork burgers I was anxious to try something different.  This recipe is similar to meat loaf but calls for pork instead of beef so therefore it's called Porkloaf.

Ingredients: 1 lb. ground pork, 2 cups frozen hash browns, 1 large carrot shredded, 1 small onion chopped, 1/4 cup parsley, 2 egg whites, dash of salt & pepper, 2 tsp. Italian seasonings

Directions: Preheat oven to 350 degrees.  In a large bowl combine pork, hash browns, carrot, onion, parsley, egg whites, salt & pepper and Italian seasonings.  Mix until well combined.

Transfer mixture to parchment paper to form into a 5 x 9 inch loaf.  Place in loaf pan or baking dish with a raised wire rack.  Bake until loaf is golden brown on top and cooked through (about an hour).  Thermometer should be 160 degrees.  Let rest 10 minutes before slicing.

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