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                         Meat Loaf Italian Style

Recipe By     : Rival's Crock-Pot Slow Cooker Cuisine; 1995
Serving Size  : 8    Preparation Time :0:00
Categories    : Beef

  Amount  Measure       Ingredient -- Preparation Method
--------  ------------  --------------------------------
   8      oz            Can pizza sauce
   1                    Egg -- beaten
     1/2  c             Onion -- chopped
     1/2  c             Green bell pepper -- chopped
     1/3  c             Dry seasoned bread crumbs
     1/2  ts            Garlic salt
     1/4  ts            Black pepper
   1 1/2  lb            Ground beef
   1      c             Mozzarella cheese -- shredded
                        Foil handles -- see directions

Reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce; cover and refrigerate.  In a mixing bowl
combine remaining pizza sauce and egg. Stir in onion, green pepper,
bread crumbs, garlic salt, and black pepper. Add ground beef and mix
well.

Fold meat mixture into a loaf and place on 3 foil handles. Transfer
loaf to any size Crock-Pot. Cover and cook 8 to 10 hours on LOW or 4
to 6 hours on HIGH. To ensure doneness insear meat thermometer into
center of loaf and internal temperature should read 170°F.

Spread loaf with reserve 1/3 cup pizza sauce. Sprinkle with
mozzarella cheese. Cover and let cook 15 minutes more or until cheese
is melted. Using foil strips, lift loaf from Crock-Pot and transfer
to a serving plate. Discard foil strips. Serve.

Foil Handles:

Tear off three 20x3" strips of heavy foil or use regular foil folded
to double thickness. Crisscross the foil strips in a spoke design.

Place the foil handles on a large sheet of waxed paper. Place the
meat loaf on the spoke design. Lift the ends of the handles to
transfer the loaf to the Crock-Pot.

When ready to serve, simple lift the foil handles from the Crock-Pot
and remove the meal to a serving dish.

Yield: 8 Servings


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