meat loaf italian style

How To Make meat loaf italian style

• 1

  Reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce; cover and refrigerate.
• 2

  In a mixing bowl combine remaining pizza sauce and egg.
• 3

  Stir in onion, green pepper, bread crumbs, garlic salt and black pepper.
• 4

  Add ground beef and mix well.
• 5

  Fold meat mixture into a loaf and place on 3 foil handles.
• 6

  Transfer loaf to any size crockpot.
• 7

  Cover and cook 8 to 10 hours on low or 4 to 6 hours on high.
• 8

  To ensure doneness insert meat thermometer into center of loaf and internal temperature should read 170.
• 9

  Spread loaf with reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce.
• 10

  Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• 11

  Cover and let cook 15 minutes more or until cheese is melted.
• 12

  Using foil strips, lift loaf from crockpot and transfer to a serving plate.
• 13

  Discard foil strips.
• 14

  Foil handles: Tear off three 20x3 inch strips of heavy foil or use regular foil folded to double thickness.
• 15

  Crisscross the foil strips in a spoke design.
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