BACON WRAPPED TURTLE MEATLOAF

This was so much fun to make, you can bake it in the oven or on the grill.. One note on the grill the  bacon will cook fast.  

This recipe is in two parts.  

Meatloaf

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon prepared horseradish
• 1 teaspoon dry mustard
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 pound ground beef, moistened
• 1/2 onion, finely chopped
• 1 egg
• 2 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
• 1 cup bread crumbs
• 1 cup ketchup

Note  use BBQ Sweet Baby Ray's instead of ketchup.  The horseradish is up to you.  

Mix well in bowl..

1 pound of a meatloaf mix*
Sliced Cheddar Cheese
Strips of Bacon
Hotdogs or smoked sausage

Cooking spray.  Spray foil 

Method:

Preheat oven to 350°f  or grill

Make your meatloaf mix, set aside

Weave bacon strips

Place sliced cheddar cheese on top of the bacon weave

Mold the meatloaf mixture into an oval shape and place on top of the cheese (which is on top of the bacon weave)

Fold the bacon up around the meatloaf and turn the whole thing over so that the ends of the bacon are underneath the conglomeration.

Cut the hotdogs and stick into appropriate spots to be head, tail, and legs. Make two cuts on the ends of each of the "leg" hotdogs..as it bakes the hotdogs will expand and it will look like toes.

Place "turtle" on a broiler rack into a preheated 350°F oven and bake until the internal temperature of the meatloaf section reaches a minimum of 160°f (You can cover the "turtle" with aluminum foil for the first half of baking to minimize the possibility of overcooked toes)

Cook until hamburger meat is done

My Turtle