Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to my recipe page. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, italian style meatloaf no catchup needed !!!. It is one of my favorites food recipes. For mine, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Italian style meatloaf no catchup needed !!! is one of the most favored of current trending meals on earth. It is simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It’s enjoyed by millions every day. Italian style meatloaf no catchup needed !!! is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.
Italian-style meatloaf is a spin on the classic dish with Italian seasonings, sweet marinara sauce and lots of cheese! This twist on the classic meatloaf is a great main dish that can stretch well with accompaniment of sides. The Italian style versus the American Meatloaf!
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have italian style meatloaf no catchup needed !!! using 7 ingredients and 11 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.
The ingredients needed to make Italian style meatloaf
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- Prepare 1 egg
- Make ready 1 onion chopped
- Make ready 1 bell pepper chopped
- Prepare 2 pounds lean ground beef
- Make ready 1 cup Italian seasoned breadcrumbs
- Get 1 can stewed tomatoes
- Prepare 1 jar Marinara sauce Classico or any other preferred brand
Used closer to two pounds of meat, so think I need to add more spices. Good, solid recipe, and made a very moist meat loaf. With all the herbs baked into the meatloaf it's more traditional Italian style, but the marinara parmesan crust is the piece de resistance! As the meatloaf cooks, the marinara sauce drip down the sides, acting as a marinade in addition to a flavorful topping.
Steps to make Italian style meatloaf
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- Preheat oven to 360 degrees
- Optional step - Sauté onions and bell pepper in a pan with butter, and a pinch of salt and pepper, set aside to let cool.
- In a large mixing bowl mix the, beef, egg, and bread crumbs together until well mixed.
- Open the can of stewed tomatoes and drain the juice into a cup, and set aside for later use
- Remove tomatoes from the can and chop, then add to the mixing bowl and mix until well mixed
- Then mix In chopped onions and bell peppers until well mixed
- Add the sauce from the sewed tomatoes, until the mixture is as “wet” as is preferred. Note It should be like a wet sponge but not soaked.
- Wrap a deep sided barking pan in aluminum foil, and take a few table spoons (2 or 3) of the Marinara and lightly cover the foil.
- Place preferred loaf sized of meat loaf in the pan, then lightly cover the loaf(s) with the Marinara
- Bake 30-45 minuets or until the meat has reached 165 degrees on the thickest part of the loafs.
- Personal note I use small personal loaf pans to shape small loafs so everyone gets their well loved slice end or middle, there is plenty to go around
Did not like the texture at all. It was very mushy and my family would not touch it and they usually eat anything I put down. I'm not much of a cook, but I've made this a few times already, very easy to make, and my husband and I love this! The meatloaf itself is very straightforward, and, what I would consider to be a "classic" style meatloaf. I grew up with delicious home cooked meals like chicken Parmesan, homemade pizza, gnocchi, and spaghetti with mom's meatballs.
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