Cheese Stuffed Meat Loaf - cooking recipe

Ingredients

1/2 lb. unsliced Mozzarella cheese
2 lb. lean ground beef
2 eggs
1/2 c. packaged seasoned bread crumbs
1 c. tomato juice
1/2 tsp. salt
1 tsp. oregano
few grains pepper
2 small onions, minced
8 paper-thin slices boiled ham

Preparation

Preheat oven to 325\u00b0.
Grate cheese; set aside.
Combine beef, eggs, bread crumbs, tomato juice, salt, oregano and pepper.
Saute onions in a little vegetable oil until golden brown; add to meat mixture and mix well.
Turn out on sheet of aluminum foil and flatten into an oblong, about 1-inch thick.
Place ham slices on oblong, keeping them about 1-inch from edge.
Sprinkle grated cheese on ham.
Use the foil to fold meat mixture over ham and cheese, closing all openings.
Turn loaf from foil into a greased loaf pan.
Pat with fingers to fill in corners of pan and shape loaf, which will completely fill pan and be rounded slightly on top.
Bake 1 to 1 1/4 hours, depending on degree of doneness desired.