Mortadella Stuffed Meatloaf is an easy main dish recipe where you make meatloaf and stuff it with mortadella. Italian mortadella is a type of charcuterie or lunch meat made from salt pork with small cubes of pork fat.
It is sometimes flavored with black peppercorns, pistachios or myrtle berries. This is slightly different from bologna, where the meat and fat of the bologna sausage are emulsified into an even mixture.
This dish is perfect for meat eaters . The minced meat is stuffed with cold meats and filled with cheese? The result? All the flavor of a juicy meatball , with the stretchiness of cheese . Serve with your favorite sides for a satisfying lunch or light dinner.
Advice
Use Italian sausage meat for added flavor (try pork and fennel!).
You can also use ground turkey, lamb, or ground chicken. Replace the mortadella with salami, prosciutto or ham.
Feel free to add other toppings like sliced hard-boiled eggs, sliced olives and anchovies. A popular Italian topping contains mortadella, spinach, hard-boiled egg and provolone.
Do not overmix the ground meat mixture or the meatloaf will be too dense.
Add extra flavor to meatloaf by adding a little Worcestershire sauce, ketchup, barbecue sauce or soy sauce.
Add a glaze before the meatloaf goes into the oven. Use a mixture of ketchup and brown sugar, or sauce.
To check if the meatloaf is cooked through and safe to eat, test the temperature with a thermometer. It should read 160°F.
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Ingredients
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