Lamb Loaf - Drob de Miel

One the traditional Romanian dishes for Easter is the Lamb loaf, or" Drob de Miel" in Romanian. It takes some time and effort to make this loaf, but serving it at Easter to your family and friends that know this dish is very traditional. Baking this is like bringing back familiar tastes, customs and traditions that we grew up with, good memories of the old days to reminisce about... I hope you'll give it a try and like this recipe.


Ingredients:
The organs from a lamb: liver, lungs, kidney, spleen, heart (about 2 1/2 lb.)
1 Fat net (prapure) - this is optional, I bake without it
1 large onion, chopped
5 tbsp. oil  or lard
1 tsp. allspice (ienibahar), 2 tbsp. tarragon  - optional
1 1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. black pepper
5 slices of whole wheat bread crumbles
3 tbsp. chopped fresh dill weed
5 green onions, chopped
5 tbsp. chopped fresh parsley
5 eggs + 3 hardboiled eggs chopped

Directions:

• Wash all organs very well in running cold water; cut them into halfs and wash again washing well into the channels of all the organs; drain off water. Set aside.
• In a large pot bring to boil 4 L of water and add salt, than add all the organs to boil for 30 min
• After boil, drain the water and set aside to cool. 
• Chop the boiled cold organs in a meat grinder or chop processor. 
• Wash the fat net and set aside to sit in cold water. 
• Place onions in a hot lard/oil in a large pot and sauté until onions become translucent. Add the chopped meat and cook stirring occasionally for about 10 minutes then add the allspice, tarragon, salt and pepper. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. 
• Add the fresh dill, chopped green onions, parsley and 3 eggs chopped. Stir together until mixed well. Adjust taste with more salt and pepper if needed and add the 5 eggs one by one into the mixture
• Drain of the fat net (prapure) and place it into a large loaf pan, covering the bottom and sides of pan (let net hang over the sides of the pan) Place about half of the mixture into the pan if you want to put whole eggs lengtwise for great look when cutting slices. Or place the whole mixture into the pan if you chopped the hardboiled eggs into the mixture.
•  Fold the hanging fat net over the meat in the pan until all is covered. 
• Without the fat net, just brush one egg on top of the mixture before placing the loaf pan into the oven

Bake in 350 F for about 45 minutes or until browned on top.