Sicilian Meat Roll
- 3/4 cup soft bread crumbs
- 2 large eggs
- 1/2 cup tomato juice
- 2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley
- 2 garlic cloves, minced
- 3/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 1/4 teaspoon salt
- 1/4 teaspoon pepper
- 2 pounds ground beef
- 8 thin slices fully cooked ham
- 1-1/2 cups shredded part-skim mozzarella cheese
- 3 thin slices part-skim mozzarella cheese
- In a large bowl, combine the bread crumbs, eggs, tomato juice, parsley, garlic, oregano, salt and pepper. Crumble beef over the mixture and mix well.
- On a pieces of heavy-duty foil, pat meat mixture into a 12x10-in. rectangle. Place the ham and shredded cheese on loaf to within 1/2 in. of edges. Roll up, jelly-roll style, beginning with the short end and peeling foil away while rolling.
- Place on a greased baking pan with seam side down; seal ends. Bake, uncovered, at 350u0b0 for 1 hour and 10 minutes or until meat is no longer pink and a thermometer reaches 160u0b0. Top with sliced cheese; bake 5 minutes longer or until cheese is melted.
bread crumbs, eggs, tomato juice, parsley, garlic, oregano, salt, pepper, ground beef, ham, mozzarella cheese, thin slices partskim
Taken from www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/sicilian-meat-roll/ (may not work)