Cuban Meatloaf Surprise #RSC

Submitted by lou640

"Ready, Set, Cook! Reynolds Wrap Contest Entry. Always looking for ways to give traditional dishes a Caribbean twist."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 20mins
• Ingredients: 16
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 453.59 g ground beef
• 118.29 ml diced red bell pepper
• 118.29 ml diced green bell pepper
• 118.29 ml diced yellow onion
• 3 garlic cloves, chopped
• 226.79 g tomato sauce
• 29.58 ml extra virgin olive oil
• 2.46 ml salt
• 14.79 ml oregano
• 14.79 ml cumin
• 1.23 ml black pepper
• 1 egg
• 1 ripe plantain
• Reynolds Wrap Foil
• 118.29 ml shredded monterey jack cheese
• cinnamon

directions

1. Preheat oven 350 degrees.
2. In a medium sauce pan heat extra virgin olive oil over medium then add red and green peppers and onions. Cook until the onions are translucent and soft add garlic. Stir and cook for 1 minute stirring often. Don’t allow garlic to burn. Add 4oz of tomato sauce and all the spices up through and including the black pepper and cook and stir for 1 minute. Remove from stove and allow to cool. Cut tips of plantain and peel then cut plantain into 4 equal parts. Sprinkle plantain pieces with cinnamon. Place ground beef in a bowl, add tomato sauce mixture, and egg then mix to combine. Divide meat into four equal parts. Pat mixture down to thin patties, place a plantain piece in the middle, sprinkle with cheese and wrap meat around plantain making sure there are no open seams.
3. Cut 4, 12 in strips of foil wrap, place each loaf on a sheet. Drizzle each with tomato remaining tomato sauce. Loosely wrap foil and place on a baking sheet. Bake for 1 hour.

Reviews

[Montana Heart Song]

The taste of the meat loaf was good. The plaintain was steamed. I prefer sauted with <br/>sweetness but it was a surprise.