Have you ever looked for a simple dish that can make everyone happy at the table? One of those recipes that smells like home, family cooking, and meals prepared with just a few ingredients but full of flavor? That’s exactly what happens to me whenever I make baked meatloaf.
I remember the first time I cooked it: I had some ground meat in the fridge, a bit of ricotta, and a few slices of coppata. I decided to combine everything to create a soft and flavorful meatloaf. While it was baking in the oven, the aroma of roasting meat and crispy cured pork began to fill the kitchen. From time to time I would open the oven and spoon the cooking juices over the top, making it even more tender and juicy.
The result is a meatloaf that is incredibly soft inside thanks to the ricotta and soaked bread, with a deliciously savory crust on the outside. It’s the perfect recipe for a traditional Sunday lunch, but also for a simple and tasty dinner.
Let’s see how to make Baked Italian Meatloaf.
Baked Italian Meatloaf
Baked Italian meatloaf is a comforting dish made with ground meat, ricotta and bread, wrapped in cured pork and baked until golden and juicy.
Ingredients
- Eggs 2
- Ground meat 250 g
- Coppata (Italian cured pork) 150 g
- Small bread roll 1
- Ricotta cheese 250 g
- Cooked ham about 100 g
- Salt to taste
- White cooking wine (Vinchef) 1/2 glass
- Extra virgin olive oil 3 tbsp
Tools
- Large bowl
- Fork
- Baking paper
- Baking dish
- Spoon
Instructions
- Soak the bread roll in water for a few minutes until soft.
- In a large bowl beat the eggs with a pinch of salt.
- Add chopped cooked ham, ricotta cheese and ground meat.
- Squeeze the soaked bread well and add it to the mixture.
- Mix everything until a fairly smooth mixture forms.
- Place baking paper on the work surface and arrange the slices of cured pork (coppata) on it.
- Place the meat mixture on top and shape it into a log.
- Pour olive oil and white cooking wine into a baking dish and lightly mix them with a fork.
- Place the meatloaf in the dish.
- Bake at 180°C (350°F) for about 45 minutes.
- During cooking spoon some of the cooking juices over the meatloaf to keep it moist.
- Serve hot sliced.
Nutritional values (per serving)
410 kcal
25 g
14 g
30 g
3 g
1 g
520 mg
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