Charleys Meatloaf Napoleon Style Recipes

Steps:

• Chicken:
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F.
• In a large oven-proof saute pan over high heat, heat 2 tablespoons olive oil. Season the chicken breasts with salt and pepper, to taste, and add them to the oil. Cook for 3 minutes on each side. Put the saute pan in the oven and the let the chicken finish cooking, about 15 minutes. Remove from the oven to a cutting board and allow to rest, covered, for 5 to 10 minutes.
• Tomato sauce: In a medium-sized skillet over medium heat, add the olive oil. Add the chopped garlic and onions and saute until softened. Stir in the tomatoes, sambal, sugar, 2 teaspoons of salt and the rosemary. Saute over medium heat and allow the sauce to reduce and flavors to blend together, about 8 minutes. Taste and season with salt and pepper, if needed. Remove the rosemary sprig and stir in chopped parsley just before serving.
• Potatoes: Fill a large saucepan 2/3's full with cold water. Add the potatoes and a good pinch of salt and bring to a gentle boil over medium heat. Cook the potatoes until they are just tender, about 10 minutes. Once the potatoes tender, drain them and cut them into 1/4-inch slices. Heat a combination of olive oil and grapeseed oil in a large skillet until it just begins to smoke. Add the potato slices and fry until crispy on the outside and completely tender on the inside. Remove the potatoes to paper towels to drain and sprinkle with sea salt.
• Arrange potato slices in a circular layer on each serving plate. Put a thin layer of tomato sauce over the potatoes, leaving a small border. Slice the chicken breasts into serving portions and arrange on top of the potato-tomato layers. Garnish each serving with a sprig of rosemary and fresh parsley. Serve and enjoy!

Steps:

• For the meat loaf: Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment.
• Place 4 eggs in a pot, cover with water, place over high heat and bring to a boil. Then cover the pot, remove from the heat and let stand 10 minutes. Crack the shells and soak a few minutes in cold water. Peel and dry on paper towels.
• Heat the 2 tablespoons EVOO in a skillet over medium-high heat. Add the celery, garlic and onions, season with salt and pepper and cook to soften, 7 to 8 minutes. Deglaze with the beer. Cool.
• Soak the bread with the milk.
• Place the meat in a bowl, add the thyme and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Squeeze out the liquid from the bread and rub between hands to crumble as you add to the meat. Add the blue cheese, Cheddar, Worcestershire sauce, the remaining egg and the cooled vegetables. Mix to combine.
• On the baking sheet form half the meat into a 10-inch long by 4-inch wide brick. Then center the hard-boiled eggs lengthwise down the loaf. Top with the remaining meat and form a loaf. Coat the meatloaf with overlapping straps of bacon. Wrap and store for a make-ahead meal or bake right away.
• Bake the loaf 1 hour on the center rack. Then switch on the broiler and brown the bacon top until crisp. Let stand a few minutes, and then slice and serve with the salad.
• For the salad: When the loaf is about ready, grate the shallot in a bowl. Add the vinegar, Dijon and lemon juice, and season with salt and pepper. Whisk in the remaining EVOO, about 1/3 cup. Toss with the spinach and adjust the seasoning with salt and pepper.
• Slice the meat loaf and serve with the spinach salad.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Roll out three sheets of puff pastry, each to the same size and a thickness of 1/8 inch. Prick with a fork, and place on baking sheets.
• Bake in preheated oven until golden, about 10 minutes.
• In a medium bowl, combine cornstarch and 1/2 cup milk with fingers until smooth. Stir in cake flour and half the sugar. Beat in egg yolks. Set aside.
• In a saucepan over medium heat, bring remaining milk and remaining sugar to a rolling boil. Stir in egg yolk mixture; continue stirring and bring to a boil again. Remove from heat and stir in butter and vanilla. Let cool.
• In a small saucepan or in the microwave, heat the jam until runny.
• Place one sheet of pastry on a board. Spread with cooled pastry cream to a thickness of 1/2 inch. Place a second pastry sheet over the cream. Brush with fruit glaze. Spread remaining pastry cream over glaze. Top with final pastry sheet and gently compress layers, using a baking sheet to press.
• To make icing, beat together confectioners' sugar and lemon juice with enough of the egg whites to make a creamy consistency like that of a cream soup. Working quickly, color a small portion of the frosting with red food coloring. Frost the top and sides of the assembled pastry with white icing. Pipe parallel lines of red icing on top of dessert, then draw a pick or knife crosswise through icing to make the traditional design. Let icing set before cutting into bars.

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onion, red pepper and garlic, and cook 4-5 minutes, stirring often, until lightly browned and soft.
• Remove from heat.
• While onion and pepper cook, whisk eggs in large bowl.
• Tear bread into small pieces and stir into egg.
• Heat oven to 350°F Coat a 9x5 loaf pan with cooking spray.
• Put a strip of foil or plastic wrap on countertop.
• Add beef, salt, pepper and onion mixture to bowl.
• Mix gently with hands.
• Place on foil or plastic and press into a 17x8 rectangle. Top with a layer of spinach, then cheese, then overlaping slices of salami.
• Roll up meat (but not the foil or plastic) from one short end; lift into loaf pan.
• Bake 1 hour 10 minutes, or until cooked through.
• Let stand before removing from pan for 10 minutes and slice to serve.