Stuffed Meatloaf



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1. Mix in a large bowl:
-Ground Beef (3 parts)
-Mild Sausage (1 part)
-1 pkg Onion-Mushroom dry soup mix
-1 teaspoon Worcester sauce
-1/2 tsp Chopped fresh basil
-1 egg
-Cracked pepper to taste
-1/2 cup Italian bread crumbs

2. Knead the above together and flatten on a working surface about 3/4 to 1 inch thick, so that it is as wide as your meatloaf baking dish but 3 to four times the dish in length, top-to-bottom.

3. Place slices of your favorite or preferred cheese on the flattened meatloaf. Cover the entire slab of meat, but leave a little meat showing at the edges. Now cover the cheese with fresh spinach leaves.

4. Carefully roll up the meat and cheese and spinachlike you are rolling up a rug.

5. Pinch the meat at the edges to contain the cheese inside the rolled up meatloaf.

6. Place in a lightly greased meatloaf baking dish. Bake at 325-350 uncovered until desired.

Remove. Cool for ten minutes. Slice and serve.

NOTE: When I bake meatloaf I take it out of the oven after about 45 minutes and pour off some of the melted hot fats. This will give you a better and crispier surface along the sides.