Market Street Meat Loaf from The New Basics Cookbook by Julee Rosso and Sheila Lukins

Ingredients

• 2 pounds lean ground beef chuck
• ½ cup half-and-half
• ½ cup ketchup
• 3 eggs, well beaten
• ¾ cup fine fresh bread crumbs, toasted
• 12 ounces sausage meat (not fennel-flavored Italian sausage)
• ¼ cup minced green bell pepper
• 2 teaspoons minced garlic
• Salt, to taste
• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
• ½ teaspoon ground white pepper
• ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1 teaspoon ground cumin
• ½ teaspoon freshly grated nutmeg
• 3 tablespoons unsalted butter
• ¾ cup finely chopped onion
• ¾ cup finely chopped scallions (green onions), white bulb and 3 inches green
• ½ cup finely chopped carrots
• ¼ cup finely chopped celery
• ¼ cup minced red bell pepper