Individual Italian Meat Loaves

Submitted by Debbwl

"These little meat loaves from Better Homes and Gardens anyone can cook are a nice cheese change from your everyday meatloaf."

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 10
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 14 ounces pasta sauce, DIVIDED (I used 2 cups home made)
• 1⁄4 cup seasoned dry bread crumb, fine
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon black pepper
• 12 ounces ground beef
• 2 ounces mozzarella cheese (I used 2 sticks string cheese) or 2 sticks mozzarella string cheese (I used 2 sticks string cheese)
• 4 slices prosciutto (about 2 ounces)
• 9 ounces spinach fettuccine, Fresh (for big eaters or teens you may want to use more than 9 ounces)
• parmesan cheese

directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F In a medium bowl combine egg, 1/4 cup of the pasta sauce, the bread crumbs, salt, and pepper. Add ground beef; mix well.
2. Cut mozzarella cheese block into four 2 1/4x3/4x1/2 inch logs or cut each string cheese stick in half crosswise. Wrap a lice of prosciutto around each cheese log. Shape one-fourth of the beef mixture around each cheese log to form a loaf. Flatten the four meat loaves to 1 1/2 inches thick and place in a shallow baking pan.
3. Bake for 20 minutes or until internal temperature registers 160 F on an instant-read thermometer. Meanwhile, prepare fettuccine according to package directions; drain well and keep warm. In a small saucepan heat remaining pasta sauce over medium heat until bubbly.
4. Arrange meat loaves over hot fettuccine. Spoon sauce over top and sprinkle with shredded parmesan cheese.

Reviews

[breezermom]

Like other reviewers, I used the string cheese trick.....much easier! Since I didn't have spinach fettuccine, I put some spinach leaves in between the mozzarella and prosciutto. I used shaved parmesan cheese.....also shaved a bit into the fettuccine. This was a very enjoyable little meat loaf.....sort of like a really big stuffed meatball! Thanks for sharing. Made for Photo Tag.

 

[WiGal]

Delicious make ahead! Used 1 pound of ground beef, omitted the salt, and put about 4 spinach leaves in each with the cheese/prosciutto. I made mine a bit too thick-- should have flattened them more. And after looking at my photo realize that I forgot to put the Parmesan on-next time will. Thank you Deb for sharing.

 

[Nif_H]

Spectacular! That's not a word that I typically use in reviews, but this dish is really terrific. I made the meatloaf almost exactly as listed (I used a pound of beef) and used your cheesestring shortcut! I could not find spinach fettuccine but the regular kind worked just fine. Another great part of this dish is that I made the meatloaves ahead of time and just had to pop them in the oven at dinnertime. We enjoyed this with a fresh salad. I will absolutely be making this dish again. Made for Newest Zaar tag game. Thanks Debbwl! :)

 

[Lori Mama]

When da hubs says it's a keeper, then who am I to argue. I couldn't get my hands on the spinach fettuccine, so subbed linguini instead. Delicious! Made for Everyday Holiday Tag Game. :)

 

[weekend cooker]

Made this with the following:: 2 sticks string cheese, I bumped up the spinach fetticuine to 12 ounces, and left out the salt. Really enjoyable meal, and the spinach flavor gave a nice different flavor to this meal. The prep and cooking times were right on the dot, as it made for a nice quck meal. Made for Holiday tag.