MOZZARELLA STUFFED BACON WRAPPED MEATLOAF

This homemade Mozzarella Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf is stuffed with melty cheese and wrapped in plenty of bacon for an easy comforting family dinner.

The recipe is cooked without ketchup and smothered in a BBQ sauce glaze instead. The classic meatloaf base is made with ground beef, eggs and with breadcrumbs.

Served with your favorite sides and a simple gravy, the cheesy middle of this meatloaf will be the best surprise at your dinner table!

Adapted from The Pioneer Woman.

Ok, I’m just going to come out and say this: I don’t usually post things when I decide they don’t look super appealing (unless they’re Sticky BBQ Slow Cooker Meatballs of course). But this right here, it was taste over matter.

And besides, how would you make meatloaf look pretty? It’s next to impossible. I’m amazed it’s not too much of a mess because usually when I make meatloaf it’s just a huge meat-mash-gravy battlefield.

So please, please, please excuse the not-so-gorgeous look of this and just trust me that it tastes absolutely divine!

This is the first time I dared to make meatloaf in about nine months. Because the last time I had it I was just 15 weeks pregnant and still slightly sick. And still majorly grossed out by all things meat, fish and eggs (greek yogurt as a protein source for the win!).

We were at ski camp where we cook for 50 people (going again in February, it’s going to be a blast blogging from an industrial sized kitchen!) and meatloaf with mashed potatoes was on the plan.

Branimir made the meatloaf (wanna ask him how much fun it is to stick your hands and half your arms into pounds of just-thawed minced beef? By the look on his face – not fun at all!) and I was in charge of the mash. Lucky me!

Because I could hardly even stand the smell of the meatloaf, let alone make or taste it.

INGREDIENTS

• 2 poundsground beef
• 2 eggs
• 2/3 cupbreadcrumbs
• Salt pepper and smoked paprika, to taste
• 9 ounces thin-cut bacon
• 4 ounces mozzarella cheese chopped
• 1/2 cup barbecue sauce

INSTRUCTIONS

• Preheat a convection oven to 320° Fahrenheit (conventional ovens to 350°F).
• Mix ground beef, eggs, breadcrumbs and spices in a large bowl.
• Line a 9x5 inch loaf pan first with parchment paper and then with 2/3 of the bacon, leaving an overhang.
• Shape a long log with 2/3 of the meat mixture and fit it inside the loaf pan. Make a groove in the middle and add the mozzarella cheese to it. Cover with the remaining meat mixture. Fold the bacon overhang on top and cover entirely with the remaining 1/3 of bacon. Spread with 1/3 of the barbecue sauce.
• Bake in the middle of the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Spread with another 1/3 of the barbecue sauce. Continue baking for another 20 minutes, spread with the remaining sauce and serve hot.
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