Italian Style Meatloaf

1. 1

   Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.

2. 2

   Prepare the ingredients; Remove the sausage from the casings and crumble.

3. 3

   Grate the mozzarella.

4. 4

   Chop the onion and mince the garlic and cook in butter until they're soft and translucent.

5. 5

   Make the bread crumbs.

6. 6

   Chop the sun-dried tomatoes, and measure out the other ingredients.

7. 7

   In a large bowl, gently mix the ground beef, sausage, grated cheese, cooked onions and garlic, bread crumbs, chopped tomatoes, basil, oregano and salt and pepper to taste.

8. 8

   Blend about 2/3 of the V-8 juice, the egg and red wine separately, and fold this liquid mix into the dry ingredients.

9. 9

   Divide the meat mixture into two parts.

10. 10

    Form them into long oval loaves and place them on a baking sheet lined with lightly greased aluminum foil.

11. 11

    ( You will be sorry if you don't use the foil at clean up time) Brush the loaves with the remaining V-8 juice and dust with a little more dried oregano, salt and pepper.

12. 12

    Bake for 45 minutes to 1 hour or until the temperature at the center reaches 150 to 160F Allow it to rest for 15 minutes before slicing.

* Per serving · 4 servings · Values may vary.