Sicilian Meat Roll

Submitted by Linda in MO

"This is a Better Homes & Garden's recipe and my family loves it."

 

• Ready In: 1hr 15mins
• Ingredients: 11
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 slightly beaten eggs
• 3⁄4 cup soft breadcrumbs
• 1⁄2 cup tomato juice (or 1/4 c. tomato sauce and 1/4 c. water mixed)
• 2 tablespoons snipped fresh parsley
• 1⁄2 teaspoon dried oregano, crushed
• 1⁄4 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 2 lbs lean ground beef
• 6 slices fully cooked deli ham, thin
• 1 3⁄4 cups shredded mozzarella cheese

directions

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. In a large bowl combine eggs, bread crumbs, tomato juice, parsley, oregano, salt, pepper, and garlic.
3. Stir in ground beef, mixing well.
4. On foil, pat meat mixture into a 12x10 inch rectangle.
5. Arrange ham slices on top of meat, leaving a 3/4 inch border around all edges.
6. Sprinkle 1 1/2 cups cheese over ham.
7. Starting from a short end, carefully roll up meat, using foil to lift and guide; seal edges and ends.
8. Place roll, seam side down, in a 13x9x2 pan sprayed with Pam.
9. Bake for 1 hour and 15 minutes or until it reaches 170 degrees and juices run clear.
10. (Center of meat roll will be pink because of the ham.) Sprinkle remaining cheese over top of roll; return to oven for 5 minutes or until cheese melts.
11. Remove to a platter to serve.
12. 6 servings Source: Better Homes and Gardens Serving Ideas: I like to serve this with buttered pasta with Italian seasonings, Parmesan cheese, salt, and pepper mixed in, baked potato bread from my bread machine, mandarin orange tossed salad, and dessert.

Reviews

[LARavenscroft]

A nice change to regular meatloaf - very, very good! I did forget to put the garlic in it so I can't wait to try it again - we found this would easily feed 8 people - a nice company dish. Thanks for posting.

 

[KrisLady]

My mother made this once many years ago, and I was thrilled to find the recipe here! I put together the meat roll the night before and just put it in the oven when I got home from work, and everyone loved it. I'll definitely be making this again. Thank you.

 

[Alan in SW Florida]

How could you not love this??? An Italian meat loaf...and doesn't get any better. Thanks for posting. Alan

 

[Cook4_6]

This reminded me of something my Italian Great-Grandmother made when I was a child, (with a few variations), so I made it. It got wonderful reviews, and tomorrow I will be serving leftovers with Cheesecake Factory Pasta with Mushroom Bolognese as kind of a meatball substitute. Very yummy!

 

[ChefWendyMG]

I LOVE this stuff. My mom made it for us when we were kids. She gave me the original recipe(Better homes & Garden's) & said don't loose it. Well I did so I am glad to find it here. I tried rolling it for the first time and it was so easy. I used waxed paper though. I usually use tomato sauce but was out so I used a squirt of ketchup & it worked great. Despite how well I thought I sealed it a lot of cheese ran out(mom warned me this would happen lol)Thanks for posting