Italian-style meatloaf

Meat 1 h 10 min 4 servings Medium 583 kcal

by Tavolino

A hearty, Italian-inspired meatloaf filled with an aromatic mixture of sun-dried tomatoes, olives, garlic, and mozzarella, wrapped in savory prosciutto.

Ingredients

Ground meat 500 g
Bread roll (stale) 1 piece
Onion 1 piece
Egg 1 piece
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
Basil (dried) 1 tsp
Black olives (pitted) 100 g
Sun-dried tomatoes (from a jar) 100 g
Garlic cloves 2 pieces
Mozzarella 250 g
Prosciutto 100 g

Preparation

1
Soak the bread roll in water. Finely dice the onion.
2
Knead the ground meat, squeezed-out bread roll, onion, egg, salt, pepper, and basil into a dough.
3
Roll out the meat mixture on plastic wrap into a slab approx. 1 cm thick (30x20 cm).
4
Cut the olives and sun-dried tomatoes into strips.
5
Finely chop the garlic and dice the mozzarella. Mix everything together.
6
Spread the filling over the meat slab, leaving a 2 cm border.
7
Using the plastic wrap, carefully roll it up and round off the ends.
8
Preheat the oven to 180 °C (top/bottom heat).
9
Wrap the meatloaf with prosciutto.
10
Bake the meatloaf for approx. 35 minutes.
11
Serve hot.