Classic Italian Meatloaf Recipe - Recipes from Italy
Classic Italian Meatloaf is a very tasty and savory dish made of ground meat, eggs and cheese. In Italian it’s called Polpettone which means big meatball. Meatloaf recipe is simple and very fast, the mixture is similar to that of meatballs recipe (hence the name): mix the ingredients in a bowl, give a cylindrical shape and cook in the oven for about 1 hour. You can make the version of the classic meatloaf, as in this recipe, or fill it as you like, with ham, cheese, vegetables or bacon.
Ingredients
- 500 g (about 1 pound) of ground beef
- 3 slices of white bread
- 200 ml of whole milk
- 1 medium egg
- 150 g (about 5 oz) of grated Pecorino Romano cheese
- 1/2 teaspoon of nutmeg
- 1/2 teaspoon of thyme
- 1/2 teaspoon of fine salt
- ground black pepper
- 1 cup of bread crumbs
- extra virgin olive oil
Instructions
- 1
soften the slices of white bread in the milk
- 2
In a bowl add the ground meat, the squeezed bread, the egg, the grated pecorino cheese, thyme, nutmeg, salt and ground black pepper.
- 3
Mix the ingredients with your hands
- 4
Give the mixture the shape of a cylinder and bread the meatloaf in plenty of bread crumbs
- 5
Line a pyrex baking dish with parchment baking paper and place the meatloaf inside. Then add a drizzle of extra virgin olive oil.
- 6
Cover the baking dish with a sheet of aluminum foil and cook in the middle part of the oven at 200° C (390 F) for about 30 minutes. Then remove the aluminum foil, place in the oven and cook for another 30 minutes. Serve
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