Pickled Stuffed Meatloaf

Yield:
Serves 4 to 6

Sandwich-cut pickles aren't just for layering between bread.

Ingredients:

  1. 2 eggs
  2. 1/2 cup flavored breadcrumbs
  3. 1/3 cup milk
  4. 1/2 cup minced onions
  5. 1 teaspoon dried oregano
  6. 1 teaspoon dried basil
  7. 1/2 teaspoon salt
  8. 1/2 teaspoon pepper
  9. 2 lbs. lean ground beef
  10. 4 slices mozzarella cheese
  11. 6 sliced-lengthwise-for-sandwiches dill pickles
  12. 1/2 cup sliced mushrooms
  13. 1 tomato, sliced
Directions:

Preheat oven to 350 F.

In large bowl, beat together eggs, breadcrumbs, milk, onions, oregano, basil, salt and pepper. Add ground beef and combine.

Place half of ground beef mixture into bottom of roasting pan and mold loaf to approximately 3-inches wide and 7-inches long.

Fold 2 slices cheese in half and lay lengthwise down center of loaf. Top with 3 pickles, mushrooms, tomato slices and remaining pickles. Fold remaining slices of cheese in half and place on top of pickles. Mold remaining meat mixture on top, making sure stuffing is covered on all sides, as well as on top.

Cover and bake for 20 minutes. Uncover and bake 40 to 50 more minutes, or until meat is no longer pink on the inside.


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