John's Italian Meatloaf

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 6
• 1 lb ground beef
• 2 teaspoons butter
• 1 cup minced onion
• 1 tablespoon chopped garlic
• 1/2 cup green pepper
• 2 eggs
• 1 cup breadcrumbs, plus, depending on how wet the mix becomes
• 1 (6 ounce) can tomato paste, use 1/2 with the meat mix, save the remaining for basting
• honey
• salt and pepper
• 1 (3 1/2 ounce) package sliced pepperoni
• 2 cups mozzarella cheese

Recipe

• 1 mix first 10 ingredients in a bowl.
• 2 pat mixture into a rectangle about 1/2 inch think, on wax paper.
• 3 cover the meat rectangle with sliced pepperoni, be sure they are touching each other.
• 4 cover the pepperoni with a mozzarella cheese.
• 5 slowly roll the mix into a "jelly roll" form, peeling away the wax paper as you roll it together.
• 6 seal the edge and ends with you fingers to hold in the cheese.
• 7 place in a baking pan.
• 8 mix the remaining paste with some honey and spread about 1/2 over the top of the loaf.
• 9 bake at 350°f for 1 hour.
• 10 during the last 10 minutes of baking, spread the remaining tomato paste/honey mixture on top.
• 11 remove and let stand at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving.