The Best Easy Baked Italian Meatloaf Recipe
The Best Easy Baked Italian Meatloaf Recipe - a tried and true family favorite bursting with rich meaty, garlic flavor and baked in marinara sauce.
Servings: 10 people
Calories: 409kcal
Ingredients
- 4 oz dried mushrooms crushed into a fine powder
- 1 zucchini blended in a food processor
- 2 carrots blended in food processor
- 1 onion blended in food processor
- ¼ cup garlic diced extra fine
- 1 cup parmesan cheese shredded
- 1 lb ground beef
- 1 lb ground italian sausage mild or spicy
- 2 stalks celery diced extra fine
- 2 eggs
- 2 tbsp italian herb blend
- 2 tsp Worcestershire sauce
- 2 tsp celtic sea salt
- 2 tsp pepper freshly cracked
- 12 oz marinara sauce
- ½ cup parmesan cheese grated
- ¼ cup parsley diced
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- In a blender or food processor, blend dried mushrooms until they are a fine powder (this will act as a binder instead of using breadcrumbs.)
- Add mushroom powder into large bowl, set aside.
- Whiz large zucchini, carrots, and onion in food processor until finely diced and add to mushrooms in large bowl.
- Add ground beef, parmesan cheese, Worcestershire sauce, celery, Italian sausage, eggs, garlic, herbs, and seasonings and mix well.
- Grease a loaf pan well.
- Pour about 1/4 cup marinara sauce into bottom of greased loaf pan.
- Add meat mixture into loaf pan and top with 1/2 cup marinara sauce (do not use all your sauce, this will break down in the oven and you'll want more to top it with when meatloaf is done.)
- Cover meatloaf and loaf pan with foil and bake at 350 until meatloaf is 150 degrees internal temperature, making sure to poke your thermometer in a couple of places to be sure all of the meatloaf is cooked through.
- Remove from oven and top with sauce, parmesan cheese, and parsley to garnish.
Nutrition
Calories: 409kcal | Carbohydrates: 16g | Protein: 23g | Saturated Fat: 11g | Cholesterol: 109mg | Sodium: 1289mg | Fiber: 3g | Sugar: 3g