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and thought that would be great with some meatloaf and potatoes with some mushroom gravy so this is what I set out to do first I needed to start the potatoes and I used my potatoe spikes ( they almost cut the time in half ) perf with a fork and moped with a butter. salt, garlic, pepper and basil mix.
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and stuck in the smoker along with some garlic and shallots to smoke cook
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next prep the onions cut in half and pull out to about three rings.
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then spray a large muffin pan and set in the onion cups
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and fill them up with your meatloaf mix.
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speaking of meatloaf your can use your favorite mix. this is what I filled mine with.
hamburger, 15 / 85
Italian sausage
celery
bell pepper
parsley
basil
1 egg
roasted garlic cloves
Worchestersire sauce
salt, pepper
fine bread crumbs
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now here is a pointer, when mixing mix only until the ingredients are incorporated, if you over mix, your loaf becomes dense and hard instead of light and airy that's why I hand mix instead of the mixer
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stick them in the smoker at 275° for about 1 1/2 hrs or until 165°
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now for the potatoes and gravy. the potatoes were sliced and cubed with the skin on (you can peal if you want ) and put in the blender then add the garlic, shallots, butter, salt, pepper, and cream until the right consistency
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now the gravy. I used baby portabella mushrooms, garlic, shallots
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and sauté in butter until the mushrooms turn soft and the garlic and shallots turn translucid
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then add a 1 1/2 to 2 cups of beef gravy whether home made or bottled
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plated up and had dinner.
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I usually do bell peppers but these onions were yelling stuff me. also I left out the traditional ketchup because I was making a savory gravy and didn't want the meatballs to be to sweet with the addition of the sweet onions. easygoing