Tired of your meatloaf? Try this meatloaf roll stuffed in pastry. It makes a boring meatloaf interesting as well as delicious.
2 lb. lean ground beef
1 cu. dry bread crumbs
2 eggs beaten
1 chopped onion
1 chopped bell pepper
1 cu. chopped mushrooms
1 cu. chopped black olives
3/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. leaf oregano
1- 8 oz. can tomato sauce
1 cu. shredded mozzarella cheese
1 cu. shredded cheddar cheese
2 cans crescent rolls
Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Grease a non-stick 9 1/4x5 1/2x2 3/4 inch bread pan.
In a large bowl, combine beef, crumbs, egg, onion, salt and oregano. Stir in 1/2 of the tomato sauce, set aside.
Cut 2 pieces of waxed paper 15 inches long. Unroll crescent roll dough but don't separate. Lay end to end on top of wax paper and place second piece of wax paper on top. Use a rolling pin and roll the dough out till it's half the thickness that it began with.
Place meat mixture in center and spread out over dough. Sprinkle meat with cheese, bell peppers, mushrooms and olives. Top with remaining tomato sauce. Roll up meat, in a jelly-roll fashion, starting at narrow end; use wax paper to help. Place seam side down . Place in bread pan.
Bake for 30 minutes. Drain off any fat that accumulates; return to oven for 30 minutes.