Pizza Meatloaf
INGREDIENTS
- Cooking Time: 130
- Servings: 6
- 1/2 cup finely chopped onion
- 2 cloves minced garlic
- 1/3 cup Italian bread crumbs
- 1/4 tsp. salt
- 1/8 tsp. pepper
- 1/4 cup finely chopped pepperoni
- 2 eggs, beaten
- 8-oz. can pizza sauce
- 1 lb. ground beef
- 1/2 lb. ground sausage
- 1 cup grated pizza cheese
- 1/4 cup grated Parmesan cheese
- 8 slices pepperoni
- ripe olive slices
DIRECTIONS
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- In microwave-safe bowl, place onions and garlic; sprinkle with a bit of water.
- Microwave on high for 2 minutes, stirring once during cooking, until vegetables are tender.
- Place in large bowl along with bread crumbs, salt, pepper, pepperoni, and egg; mix well.
- Add half of the pizza sauce and the ground meats;
- mix well to blend.
- Press meat mixture into 9" round cake pan.
- Bake at 350 degrees F for 30 minutes.
- Remove from oven and drain off fat. Top loaf with
- remaining pizza sauce and return to oven. Bake 30 minutes longer
- until internal temperature registers 160 degrees F.
- Sprinkle with cheeses and arrange pepperoni and olives on top of
- cheese. Return to oven and bake 5-10 minutes longer until cheese
- melts. Cut into wedges to serve.