Italian Mini Meat Loaves with Mac and Three Cheeses

  1. Put a large pot of water on to boil for pasta.
  2. Preheat oven to 425 degrees F.
  3. Place meat in a bowl.
  4. Make a well in meat.
  5. Fill well with egg, bread crumbs, 1/4 cup cheese, peppers, onions, garlic, tomato paste, salt and pepper.
  6. Mix meat and breading and form 4 individual oval meat loaves, 1-inch thick.
  7. Coat loaves with extra-virgin olive oil and arrange on a baking sheet.
  8. Roast 18 to 20 minutes.
  9. When the pasta water boils, salt water and add pasta.
  10. Cook until slightly undercooked pasta will continue to cook when combined with cheese sauce.
  11. Melt butter in a saucepan and add flour.
  12. Whisk in milk.
  13. Bring to a bubble.
  14. Thicken milk, 2 to 3 minutes.
  15. Add cheeses: Cheddar, asiago, 1/2 cup Parmesan and black pepper.
  16. Stir to melt cheeses.
  17. Drain pasta and combine with melted cheese sauce and transfer to a baking dish or casserole.
  18. Place bread crumbs in a bowl and add extra-virgin olive oil and herbs to bread crumbs.
  19. Top pasta with bread crumbs.
  20. Place under a broiler and brown bread crumbs.
  21. Serve cheese and pasta alongside meat loaf.

ground sirloin, egg, italian bread crumbs, green bell pepper, yellow onion, garlic, tomato paste, salt, extravirgin olive oil, pasta, butter, flour, milk, cheddar, asiago cheese, coarse black pepper, italian bread crumbs, extravirgin olive oil, thyme, rosemary, flatleaf

Taken from www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/rachael-ray/italian-mini-meat-loaves-with-mac-and-three-cheeses-recipe.html (may not work)

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