Provence Meat Loaf

Name: Provence Meat Loaf
Ingredients: 1/2 pound Pederson's Applewood Smoked Bacon (cut into 1/4 inch pieces); 1/2 each Brown Onion (small diced); 1 tablespoon Fresh Garlic (minced); 1/2 pound Shiitake Mushroom (remove & discard stem & slice thin); 1 tablespoon Kosher Salt; 1/2 tablespoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper; 1 each Large Gala Apple (peeled, cored & diced); 2 pound Ground Beef; 2 each Large Eggs Blue Roquefort Cheese (crumbled into large pieces); 1/2 pound Blue Roquefort Cheese (crumbled into large pieces); 1 cup Fresh Sourdough bread crumbs (crust removed, minced in food processor); 1/4 cup Fresh Parsley (minced); 2 tablespoon Fresh Thyme (minced); 1 tablespoon Fresh Rosemary (minced); 1 tablespoon Reggiano Parmigiano cheese

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Ingredients

1/2 pound Pederson's Applewood Smoked Bacon (cut into 1/4 inch pieces)
1/2 each Brown Onion (small diced)
1 tablespoon Fresh Garlic (minced)
1/2 pound Shiitake Mushroom (remove & discard stem & slice thin)
1 tablespoon Kosher Salt
1/2 tablespoon Fresh Ground Black Pepper
1 each Large Gala Apple (peeled, cored & diced)
2 pound Ground Beef
2 each Large Eggs Blue Roquefort Cheese (crumbled into large pieces)
1/2 pound Blue Roquefort Cheese (crumbled into large pieces)
1 cup Fresh Sourdough bread crumbs (crust removed, minced in food processor)
1/4 cup Fresh Parsley (minced)
2 tablespoon Fresh Thyme (minced)
1 tablespoon Fresh Rosemary (minced)
1 tablespoon Reggiano Parmigiano cheese

Directions

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["1. Pre-Heat oven to 350 degrees.", "2. Heat a heavy bottom sauce pan over medium heat, add bacon and cook until browned and cooked through. Using a slotted spoon remove cooked bacon and set aside. Pour bacon drippings into a measuring cup.", "3. Pour 2-3 Tablespoons of bacon dripping back into the heavy bottom sauce pan, return to heat, add onions, mushrooms, garlic, kosher salt and pepper. Saute until vegetables ( add more bacon dripping if necessary) are cooked through add diced gala apples and saute until tender. Remove vegetable and apple mixture from heat and chill.", "4. In a large bowl mix ground beef, cooked bacon, sauteed vegetables, apples, eggs, Roquefort cheese, bread crumbs and fresh herbs just until well combined, do not over mix.", "5. Place mixture into a 12\" x 5\"" loaf pan