* Note: See the "Porcini Gravy" recipe which is included in this collection.

Prepare the Porcini Gravy and set aside. Heat a large frying pan. Add the oil, garlic and onion and saute. Cook for 1 minute and add the celery, carrots, mushrooms and parsley and saute until lightly browned. Add the red wine and simmer a few minutes until the liquid is evaporated. Set aside and cool. Soak the bread crumbs in the milk for 10 minutes. In a large bowl mix together the ground beef, pork and sausage with the soaked bread crumbs. Add the cooked vegetable mixture along with the beaten eggs, paprika and salt and pepper. Work together well with your hands until all is incorporated. Cook a tiny portion of the mixture in a small frying pan and taste. Adjust the salt and pepper if needed. Pack the meat mixture into two non-stick loaf pans and cover with parchment paper and foil. Bake in a preheated 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Reduce the oven temperature to 300 degrees and bake for an additional 30 minutes. Remove from the oven and allow to stand for 10 minutes. Serve with the Porcini Gravy. This recipe makes 2 meat loaves.

Dijon mustard, lettuce and caraway rye bread and you are set!

Comments: Both Craig, my chef, and I were brought to the stove by our mothers. I rarely meet a chef who does not make the same claim. "My mother is an excellent cook, " Craig claims, "and she was always taking dishes the extra mile. She still does. Even her meat loaf is superb!" Craig served this to my mother one evening and she claimed it was the best she has ever eaten. Can you imagine? Such a remark from My mother?

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