meat loaf italian style

How To Make meat loaf italian style

• Step 1
  Reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce; cover and refrigerate.
• Step 2
  In a mixing bowl combine remaining pizza sauce and egg.
• Step 3
  Stir in onion, green pepper, bread crumbs, garlic salt and black pepper.
• Step 4
  Add ground beef and mix well.
• Step 5
  Fold meat mixture into a loaf and place on 3 foil handles.
• Step 6
  Transfer loaf to any size crockpot.
• Step 7
  Cover and cook 8 to 10 hours on low or 4 to 6 hours on high.
• Step 8
  To ensure doneness insert meat thermometer into center of loaf and internal temperature should read 170.
• Step 9
  Spread loaf with reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce.
• Step 10
  Sprinkle with mozzarella cheese.
• Step 11
  Cover and let cook 15 minutes more or until cheese is melted.
• Step 12
  Using foil strips, lift loaf from crockpot and transfer to a serving plate.
• Step 13
  Discard foil strips.
• Step 14
  Foil handles: Tear off three 20x3 inch strips of heavy foil or use regular foil folded to double thickness.
• Step 15
  Crisscross the foil strips in a spoke design.
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