Italian Rolled Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1 kg beef mince
• 1 onion, chopped
• 1/2 cup dry breadcrumbs
• 1 egg, lightly beaten
• 1 teaspoon dried herbs
• salt, to taste
• pepper
• 1/2 cup sun-dried tomato paste or 1/2 cup red capsicum, paste
• 1 bunch spinach, blanched and drained
• 150 g mozzarella cheese, thinly sliced
• 1/2 cup tomato chutney, to serve
• tomato, to serve
• basil leaves, to serve

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 180°c.
• 2 in a large bowl combine mince, onion, breadcrums, herbs, egg, salt and pepper.
• 3 using your hands, mix well until combined.
• 4 put mince in the centre of a large sheet of foil and press mince into a 25 x 30cm rectangle.
• 5 spread with paste, arrange spinach, then cheese slices over paste leaving 4cm gap on one of the long sides.
• 6 roll meatloaf into a log from the longest end, using foil as a guide. press along edge of foil to seal and squeeze ends tightly together.
• 7 place on a baking tray, bake for 30 minutes.
• 8 carefully cut away foil and bake for another.
• 9 30 minutes.
• 10 cut into slices and serve, hot ot cold, with chutney, tomatoes and basil.