Toast your love using this special two-person recipe. It’s a post-dinner drink and dessert all in one, creamy and chocolaty.
| Prep Time: | 15 mins |
| Cook Time: | 1 hr |
| Additional Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 1 hr 30 mins |
| Servings: | 8 |
| Yield: | 8 servings |
Ingredients
- ⅔ cup Italian-seasoned panko (Japanese bread crumbs)
- ⅓ cup milk
- 1 egg
- 1 pound ground beef
- 1 (3.5 ounce) link Italian sausage, casing removed and chopped
- 1 medium onion, finely chopped
- ⅓ cup marinara sauce, divided
- ½ teaspoon garlic salt
- 4 (1 ounce) sticks string cheese
- 2 tablespoons unsalted butter
- 5 fluid ounces heavy whipping cream
- 2 cups finely shredded Parmesan cheese
- 1 pinch freshly grated nutmeg (Optional)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly grease a loaf pan.
- Combine panko, milk, and egg in a small bowl and allow to soften, about 5 minutes.
- Combine ground beef, sausage, onion, 3 tablespoons marinara sauce, and garlic salt in a bowl. Add panko mixture and mix by hand until combined. Pat 1/2 of the mixture into the prepared pan. Lay 2 string cheese sticks side-by-side horizontally on top, leaving about 1/2 inch from the ends of the pan; stack remaining cheese sticks on top. Cover with remaining meat mixture.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 40 minutes. Remove from the oven and cover with remaining marinara sauce. Bake for 20 minutes more.
- While meatloaf bakes, prepare Alfredo sauce. Melt butter in a saucepan over medium heat, stirring with a wooden spoon, about 1 minute. Add heavy cream and stir until combined. Add Parmesan cheese and stir until blended. Season with nutmeg.
- Remove meatloaf from the oven and allow to rest for about 10 minutes. Pour Alfredo sauce down the middle of meatloaf. Slice and serve.
- This can also be made in individual loaf pans. If so, use 1 piece of string cheese per loaf pan.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 413 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 12 g |
| Cholesterol | 121 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 25 g |
| Saturated Fat | 16 g |
| Sodium | 773 mg |
| Sugars | 2 g |
| Fat | 31 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
We loved this but with grated cheese is better
My husband says this is “quite the good meatloaf”. I would have never thought an Alfredo sauce would be a good match for meatloaf but it was great, as was the mozzarella in the middle. Softening the breadcrumbs with milk and egg also a good idea. This was moist, not dry or boring.