Best Italian Stuffed Meatloaf Recipes

ITALIAN CHEESE-STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375°F. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil; spray foil with cooking spray. In large bowl, beat eggs. Stir in ground beef, bread crumbs, Parmesan cheese, basil, salt, pepper, garlic and 1/2 cup of the pizza sauce until well combined.
• On large sheet of foil, shape beef mixture into 12x10-inch rectangle. Top evenly with provolone cheese, roasted peppers and olives to within 1/2 inch of edges. Starting with one 10-inch side, roll up; press seam to seal. Place seam side down in pan.
• Bake 40 minutes. Remove from oven; spoon remaining pizza sauce over loaf. Insert meat thermometer so bulb reaches center of loaf.
• Return to oven; bake 15 to 20 minutes longer or until loaf is thoroughly cooked in center and thermometer reads 160°F. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.

ITALIAN MOZZARELLA-STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Mix beef, onion, 1/2 of the tomato sauce, bread crumbs, egg, garlic, 1/2 teaspoon oregano, salt, and pepper in a large bowl. Pat into a 1/2-inch-thick rectangle on a sheet of waxed paper. Sprinkle mozzarella cheese on top.
• Lift up the short side of the waxed paper to start rolling up the meatloaf. Roll tightly, peeling back paper as you go. Seal edges in place. Transfer meatloaf to a loaf pan.
• Bake in the preheated oven for 1 hour. Combine remaining tomato sauce and 1/2 teaspoon oregano; pour over meatloaf and sprinkle with Parmesan cheese. Bake until cheese is melted, about 15 minutes more. Let stand for 5 minutes before serving.

STUFFED ITALIAN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Thoroughly mix beef, pasta sauce, bread crumbs, onion, ketchup, egg, garlic, oregano, salt, and ground black pepper together using your hands in a large bowl.
• Spread 1/2 the meat mixture into the bottom of a loaf pan. Spread mozzarella cheese over the center of the meat. Spread remaining meat mixture over the cheese, pressing edges of meat together on the sides to seal in the cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until meat is no longer pink in the center, about 1 hour. An instant-read thermometer inserted into the center should read at least 160 degrees F (70 degrees C).

CHEESE STUFFED ITALIAN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large bowl, stir together the egg, breadcrumbs (I whir herbed dry stuffing mix in my food processor to make these), garlic, and 1/2 cup pasta sauce until well-mixed.
• Add remaining ingredients (except the garnish), and mix together well (I do the whole thing in my sturdy KitchenAid mixer, which works quite well).
• Put into a large loaf pan, top/garnish with additional pasta sauce (I like a*lot* of sauce and so use about a half-cup, but three or four tablespoons would do, too), and bake at 350 degrees F for 1 hour.
• Serve with rice, spaghetti, or scalloped potatoes.

MEATLOAF ITALIAN STYLE (STUFFED WITH PASTA)

Steps:

• Grease loaf pan.
• Cook pasta until al dente (good way to use up leftover pasta), drain set aside.
• Soak breadcrumbs in wine.
• Add beef, turkey, eggs, garlic, mushrooms, Italian seasoning, green onions and sour cream to breadcrumb mixture.
• Place half the meat mixture into greased loaf pan.
• Form a trough through the meat along the length of the loaf pan.
• Fill the trough with the pasta and two tablespoons of sauce.
• Cover with remaining meat mixture.
• Top with spaghetti sauce.
• Bake for 50-60 minutes draining excess fat and juices at least twice.
• Cool at least 5 minutes before serving.

ITALIAN CHEESE-STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375º. Line 15x10x1-inch pan with foil; spray foil with cooking spray.
• In large bowl, beat eggs. Stir in ground beef, crumbs, parmesan, basil, salt, pepper, garlic and 1/2 CUP PIZZA SAUCE until well combined.
• On large sheet of foil, shape beef into 12x10 inch rectangle.
• Top evenly with provolone, roasted peppers and olives to within 1/2 inch of edges.
• Starting with one 10-inch side, roll up; press seam to seal. Place seam side down in pan.
• Bake 40 minutes.
• Remove from oven; spoon remaining pizza sauce over loaf.
• Return to oven, bake 15-20 minutes longer or until loaf is thoroughly cooked in center and thermometer reads 160º. This may take longer, so please use the thermometer!
• Let stand 10 minutes before slicing.
• Serve with additional heated sauce, if desired.

CHEESE STUFFED ITALIAN MEATLOAF

Steps:

• 1. Over low heat, using a little olive oil, saute onions, celery, & garlic till tender.
• 2. In a large bowl add beef, sausage, (cooled onion, celery, & garlic), mushrooms, crackers, sundried tomatoes, mustard, worchestshire, seasonings eggs.
• 3. Pat meat out, on a large piece of foil, into a rectangle shape. Place the ham slices from the center outward over most of the meat, leaving an ledge around the meat with nothing on it so you can seal it.
• 4. Place cheese ontop of ham slices.
• 5. Using foil as "rolling tool" start rolling meat mixture up over cheese. Seal ends well.
• 6. You should have a nice log when finished.
• 7. Place bacon strips on top, wrap foil around loaf, place in baking pan. Bake at 375 for one hour, remove foil from top and sides, bake 30 min more. Broil for a few minutes if bacon needs more browning.

STUFFED ITALIAN SAUSAGE AND GROUND BEEF MEATLOAF

Steps:

• 1. In large bowl combine ground beef and Italian sausage until well blended. Add remaining ingredients except for cheese ... once ingredients are well blended, place meat mixture on waxed paper and flatten into oblong shape approx 1/2 thick. In center of flattened meat place string or cubed cheese down entire center. Roll meat pressing and shaping into a loaf. Carefully place loaf into baking dish or roaster sprayed with non stick cooking spray and about 1/3 cup of water. Bake at 325 degrees for approx. 45 minutes to 1 hour .. until meat is nicely browned.
• 2. Remove from oven and with back of spoon cover entire meatloaf with ketcup,bbq sauce and brown sugar mixture ... return to oven uncovered for approx. 15 - 20 minutes. Remove from oven and let sit for approx. 5 minutes before cutting into .

ITALIAN STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Combine in large bowl: sirloin/turkey, egg, tomato juice, salt and pepper, garlic, oregano, onion.
• Put 1/2 mixture in 9x5x3 loaf pan coated with cooking spray. (I could only find 11x5x3 sorry!).
• Layer on Cheese, Spinach, Peppers.
• Cover with remaining meat mixture.
• Bake for 1 hr, until meatloaf is done.
• cool to room temp, wrap, freeze up to 3 months.
• remove from freezer, thaw.
• bake at 350 degrees for abt 20-30 min until heated through.
• OR, slice and re heat in microwave.
• can top with a bit of spaghetti sauce if desired.
• comes with frozen italian green beans and/or ww pasta :).

ITALIAN STUFFED BELL PEPPERS --PLUS A MEATLOAF

Steps:

• For the Meatloaf, combine all of the ingredients and mix well (I use my hand for this).
• If you are making JUST the MEATLOAF, form it in a 9x13 greased pan and bake 400 degrees for 1 hour, basting with the pan juices.
• For the MEATLOAF, combine the MEATLOAF SAUCE ingredients in a saucepan, and heat on the stove to serve warm over the Meatloaf slices at the table.
• If you are making the ITALIAN STUFFED GREEN PEPPERS you will also get a meatloaf out of this.
• For the ITALIAN STUFFED PEPPERS cut the tops off the peppers and clean them out.
• Cut the tops up to use for the sauce.
• Put these in a pan with a little olive oil along with the onions, and garlic--simmer till done.
• Add the tomato sauce and simmer while you are preparing the stuffing for the peppers.
• Cook the rice according to box directions.
• Also, cut a tad off the bottom of the peppers so that they will sit in the pan and not tilt (don't cut through to the inside).
• Mix 3-4 cups of the Meatloaf recipe mixture, Parmesan cheese, garlic, a little of the sauce, and the cooked rice in a large bowl--adding the rice till it looks like the amount you like (I eyeball most all of the ingredients).
• Stuff the peppers and place in a pan on which you have already put a layer of sauce.
• Put some sauce over the tops of the peppers.
• Cover with foil.
• Form the rest of the mixture into a loaf as directed above.
• Bake both at 400 degrees for about 1 hour or till done.
• Now you have 2 meals--freeze some if you like.

ITALIAN STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine ground beef, eggs, breadcrumbs, Parmesan cheese, herbs, garlic, onion, ketchup, Worcestershire. Mix well, gradually adding the milk (if it seems too moist, add bread crumbs until it is a consistency that will form a loaf without flattening. Spray a large baking or roasting pan with a non-stick spray and press the meatloaf out. Layer cheese slices and ham, covering the center line of the meatloaf, then close it together and tuck in the ends, forming a loaf which is oblong. Criss-cross the bacon strips to cover the loaf. Bake for 35 to 45 minutes or until the meat thermometer registers 160 degrees F.
• Let rest 15 minutes, then cut and serve. Gravy is optional.

ITALIAN STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Grind up the Rib Eye into hamburger. Fine dice one clove of garlic. Medium dice of 2 or 3 onions. (depending on your fondness of onion) Quarter the new potato's. Slice cheese or chunk Mix the freshly ground Hamburger, eggs, onions, garlic, Italian seasoned bread crumbs, and salt/pepper. Separate into two equal pieces once mixed thoroughly. Take a large roasting pan and lay out one of the pieces of the hamburger mixture into the bottom of the pan. Lay out the cheese in the middle of the meat and allow 1 inch around the edges for sealing purposes. Add the second piece of the hamburger mixture over the top of the cheese to cover and come to the ends ov the bottom piece. Seal the edges by pressing with your fingertips. Ass the new potato's around the sides of the meatloaf. Pour the tomato soup over and around the meatloaf to cover the entire product. Bake covered (With a lid or foil) in a preheated oven at 350 degree's for 2.5 hours or until done. Serve and Enjoy.

ITALIAN STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• preheat oven to 350.
• mix meat, eggs, bread crumbs, ketchup, spices.
• flatten half of meat mixture in pan.
• top with layer of ham.
• top ham with provolone.
• top provolone with salami.
• top salami with mozzarella.
• cover with remaining meat mixture and seal edges.
• top with tomato sauce.
• bake for 1 1/2 hours.