Cheese-Filled Italian Meat Loaves

• 3/4 pound extra-lean ground beef
• 3/4 pound Italian sausage
• 1/2 cup Italian-style bread crumbs
• 1/2 cup pizza sauce*
• 1/4 teaspoon pepper
• 1 Land O Lakes Egg
• 3 ounce chunk mozzarella cheese, cut into 18 (1/2-inch) cubes
• Pizza sauce, heated

1. Heat oven to 350F.
2. Combine beef, sausage, bread crumbs, pizza sauce, pepper and egg in bowl.
3. Form beef mixture into 6 individual, oval-shaped loaves.
4. Insert 3 cubes cheese into center of each loaf, reshaping loaves if necessary.
5. Place loaves into ungreased 13x9-inch baking pan.
6. Bake 30-45 minutes or until loaves are no longer pink in center (some cheese may come out during baking).
7. Spoon pizza sauce over meat loaves.

extralean ground beef, italian sausage, italianstyle bread crumbs, pizza sauce, pepper, egg, mozzarella cheese, sauce

Taken from www.landolakes.com/recipe/1027/cheese-filled-italian-meat-loaves (may not work)