This recipe for Sicilian Meatloaf takes meatloaf to a whole new delicious level! A great meatloaf recipe with rolled in layers of ham and mozzarella cheese.
Do you have a collection of recipes that you haven’t made in a zillion years. It seems like with the social media sites and wonderful food bloggers out there we are always trying something new. Yesterday I decided to go through my recipe box and make an old time favourite, Sicilian Meatloaf. I have no idea where I got this recipe from as it was simply scribbled onto a recipe card. Can you believe we used to make a recipe that didn’t have a mouthwatering photo attached to it!
Enjoy this old time favorite Meatloaf recipe, an economical dish to feed the family, yet so delicious.
Sicilian Meatloaf
This recipe for Sicilian Meatloaf takes meatloaf to a whole new delicious level! A great meatloaf recipe with rolled in layers of ham and mozzarella cheese.
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Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour 15 minutes
Total Time: 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings: 6
Ingredients
- 2 lbs extra lean ground beef
- 2 eggs
- 1/2 cup tomato juice
- 3/4 cups bread crumbs
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley chopped
- 1/2 tsp dried oregano
- 1/4 tsp kosher salt
- 1/4 tsp fresh ground pepper
- 1 clove garlic finely minced
- 6-8 slices ham
- 6-8 slices mozzarella cheese
Instructions
- In a large bowl combine the eggs and tomato juice.
- Mix in the parsley, oregano, garlic, salt and pepper.
- Stir in the bread crumbs.
- Mix in the ground beef and combine well.
- Pat meat onto waxed paper in 10x8 inch pan.
- Arrange ham slices atop of meat.
- Arrange cheese slices atop of ham.
- Carefully roll up meat. Seal edges and ends.
- Place roll seam side down into 13x9x2 inch baking pan.
- Bake at 350 till done. About 1 hour 15 mins.
- Cover top with extra cheese slices, let melt.
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Laureen King says
June 1, 2013 at 10:34 pmthanks Benna, your comments are greatly appreciated 🙂
Lynn Huntley says
June 11, 2013 at 2:22 amWonderful recipe! I should go through my old recipes, I knew there are a few I haven’t made in a long time:) Lynn @ Turnips 2 Tangerines
Laureen King says
June 11, 2013 at 4:15 amYes Lynn, those old recipes still seem to be family favourites.
Anonymous says
September 29, 2013 at 12:23 pmThis looks very good !! My one question is are you talking about using the regular tomato juice in the market ???
Thanks,
Char
Laureen King says
September 29, 2013 at 2:20 pmHi Char, yes just regular tomato juice. I usually buy just a small can of Mott’s as I’m not much of a tomato juice drinker.
Anonymous says
October 1, 2013 at 11:11 amThank you …I will try this soon…looks delicious
Char
Just wondering…could you use tomato sauce instead?
Laureen King says
October 2, 2013 at 4:04 pmYes, I think tomato sauce would work as well.
Anonymous says
February 1, 2014 at 9:07 pmthank you so much for posting this recipe. I lost my copy from who knows how long ago and was hoping I would find it here. Have never put the ham in it before but I may try it .Sometimes we sprinkle italian bread crumbs on the bottom of the pan before pressing meat into it. Adds another layer of yumminess and a bit of a crust on the outside edge.
Laureen King says
February 2, 2014 at 4:06 amThanks for sharing, love the extra ideas!
Janet Bradley says
February 5, 2016 at 3:30 amCould I also put spinach in this recipe??? If so, would I have to cook it first or just raw.
This sounds like an ABSOLUTELY AWESOME recipe.
Thanks, Jan
Laureen King says
February 5, 2016 at 8:21 amI think spinach would be awesome in this recipe. I would add it raw.
Gina says
October 17, 2016 at 5:41 pmI love this…. Delicious! So much better than “regular meatloaf .”
Laureen King says
October 19, 2016 at 9:42 amThanks Gina, yes the ham and cheese really add some great flavour.
Pat says
August 16, 2017 at 1:43 pmI made this in the 1970’s. It was always a hit. Thanks for refreshing my memory and my recipe box! I got this from a woman I worked with who was helping a newlywed wtih some delicious recipes.
Chicky says
October 9, 2017 at 6:19 pmThis is an awesome recipe! My mom used to make it, however she used shredded mozz cheese and chipped (lunch meat) ham, rather than the slices that you use. It seemed to bulk it up a little bit more, made it almost….fluffy? lol. But the extras that you add into the meat are definitely new for me, I’m absolutely going to use your recipe next time I make it. Thanks for posting!
Laureen King says
October 9, 2017 at 6:59 pmYou can’t beat those old recipes Mom used to make. I hope you enjoy this one as well.
Brian says
November 17, 2017 at 2:57 pmI found your site when I was searching for this recipe. I remember it from a Better Homes & Garden cookbook that I had in the 1970s. I think it was the “Beef” one. Thanks for uploading this, and I will share it.