Recipe(tried): Apple-Red Glazed Pork Loaf

Apple-Red Glazed Pork Loaf
Servings 8

1/2 cup finely diced celery
1 medium-size onion, chopped (1/2 cup)
4 tablespoons (1/2 stick) butter or margarine
1 cup ready-mix corn-bread stuffing
1 tablespoon prepared mustard
1/2 cup water
1-1/2 pounds ground fresh pork
1 pound ground cooked ham
1 egg
1 cup buttermilk
1 cup apple jelly
2 tablespoons bottled grenadine syrup

Saute celery and onion in butter or margarine until soft in a large frying pan. Stir in stuffing, mustard, and water. Heat stirring constantly for 1 minute; spoon into a large bowl. Add pork, ham, egg, and buttermilk; mix lightly until well blended. Press firmly into a baking pan, 9x5x3. Bake in moderate oven (350) 1 hour; remove from oven, but leave heat on. Pour all juices from pan. Loosen loaf around edges with a knife, then invert into a shallow baking pan. Combine jelly and grenadine syrup in a small saucepan; heat slowly to boiling, then simmer 1 minute. Spoon part over loaf; return to oven. Bake, spooning remaining apple mixture over loaf, 30 minutes, or until richly glazed. Place loaf on a heated serving platter. Garnish with apple slices and watercress, if you wish. Cut loaf into thick slices.