Pizza Meatloaf is a delicious recipe for cheese stuffed meatloaf! Ground beef, Italian sausage, and pizza seasonings are wrapped around a gooey center or cheese and makes to ooey, gooey, perfection! This Stuffed Meatloaf is so much better than Classic Meatloaf!

Nothing reminds me more of my childhood dinners around our oak dinner table, than my Mom’s Pizza Meatloaf.

What you ask, is Pizza Meatloaf?

It is a Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf with Italian flavors.

And it is the BEST meatloaf you will EVER eat!

Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf

Dinner at my house as a child was a family event.

We gathered around our large dining room table and fought about where each of us kids got to sit. One meal we all could agree on was my Mom’s Pizza  Meatloaf with mashed potatoes.

This recipe for meatloaf is not a classic meatloaf recipe–it is SO Much better!

When my mom made meatloaf, she mixed up a mixture of flavorful meat, pizza sauce and stuffed it with gooey cheese and baked smothered in more pizza sauce and topped with more cheese.

This is seriously the recipe for the BEST Meatloaf ever!

How to Make Stuffed Meatloaf

Step One: Prepare Meatloaf mixture

• Mix together the pizza sauce, Italian seasonings, egg, and bread crumbs until well combined.
• Add in the meat and mix to just combine–do NOT overmix the meatloaf, or you will have dry, tough meatloaf.

Step Two: Stuff the Meatloaf

• On wax or parchment paper, flatten out the meat into a rectangular shape (about 6 by 10 inches.)
• Top with cheese.
• Roll the meatloaf into shape of a loaf.
• Place on broiler pan.
• Top meatloaf with additional sauce and cheese.

Step Three: Bake Meatloaf

• Bake meatloaf for 1 hour, or until center reaches 165 degrees.
• Allow to rest for 10 minutes before slicing and serving.

Tips on Stuffed Meatloaf

• I like to use a mixture of lean sirloin and chicken sausage, but you can use all ground chicken, ground beef, a mixture of ground pork and beef, or half pork sausage and half ground beef. If you are NOT using sausage in this meatloaf, add in an additional teaspoon each of garlic, red pepper flakes, and onion powder.
• I highly recommend baking your meatloaf on a broiler pan to let the fat drain away as it is rendered while the meatloaf cooks.
• You can certainly use homemade marinara sauce in place of pizza sauce–in fact that is what I most often do.
• Feel free to use gluten free bread crumbs in this Pizza Meatloaf–it will work just fine.

More Comforting Recipes Inspired by Mom

• Creamy Parmesan Chicken and Noodles
• Chicken Pot Pie
• Cheesy Ham and Scalloped Potatoes

Stuffed Meatloaf Recipe

Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf

This Stuffed Meatloaf is made with ground beef, Italian sausage, and pizza seasonings and stuffed with cheese for the BEST Meatloaf recipe.

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Course: Main Course

Cuisine: American

Prep Time: 10 minutes

Cook Time: 1 hour

Total Time: 1 hour 10 minutes

Servings: 6 -8

Calories: 253kcal

Author: Kristen Chidsey

Ingredients

• 1 pound lean ground beef
• 1/2 pound Italian sausage
• 1 cup pizza sauce divided
• 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
• 2 eggs whisked
• 1 teaspoon oregano
• 2 tablespoons dried parsley
• 1/2 teaspoon salt
• 1/4 cup freshly grated Parmesan cheese
• 8 ounces 1 cup shredded or sliced Mozzarella or Provolone cheese, divided

Instructions

• Mix together eggs, bread crumbs, salt, oregano, parsley, parmesan, and 1/3 cup pizza sauce together until well combined.
• Add in ground beef and sausage and gently combine, being careful to not overmix your meatloaf mixture.
• Flatten and top with 2/3 cup mozzarella or provolone cheese.
• Roll meat around cheese and shape in loaf.
• Place meat on broiler pan or loaf pan and top with remaining sauce and cheese.
• Bake at 375 for 1 hour.

Notes

• Feel free to use ground chicken, turkey or beef. 
• Any type of ground sausage works as well. 

Nutrition Facts

Cheese Stuffed Meatloaf

Amount Per Serving

Calories 253 Calories from Fat 99

% Daily Value*

Fat 11g17%

Saturated Fat 4g25%

Cholesterol 178mg59%

Sodium 956mg42%

Potassium 539mg15%

Carbohydrates 8g3%

Fiber 1g4%

Sugar 3g3%

Protein 28g56%

Vitamin A 435IU9%

Vitamin C 15.2mg18%

Calcium 108mg11%

Iron 6.9mg38%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet.

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