Dakin Farm - What Vermont Tastes Like

Maple-Apple Upside Down Ham Loaf

Ingredients
  1lb ground cooked ham
  1/2 cup dry baked crumbs
  1/4 cup chopped onion
  3/4 cup milk
  1 tbsp savory or basil
  1 tart apple, peeled and sliced thin
  1/2 lb ground beef
  1/2 cup chopped celery
  2 eggs
  1/2 tsp tangy mustard
  1/4 cup maple syrup grade B
Directions
In large bowl, blend ham, beef, bread crumbs, celery and onion. Add eggs, milk, spice and mustard. Mix well. Butter 8 inch loaf pan. Arrange apples in bottom and cover with syrup. Pack in meat mixture. Bake in a 350 oven for 1hr 15 min. or until crusted. Let stand 5 minutes and turn upside down onto platter.