Meat Loaf Parmesan
Preparation and cooking time: 25 minutes
Leftovers are wonderful, particularly when you can serve them in a totally different way. The chunky tomato sauce and freshly grated Parmesan take the humble meat loaf to a new gastronomic level. Be a bit careful serving so the slices stay together.
Ingredients:
- leftover meat loaf half of Meat Loaf Florentine
- 2 cups whole tomatoes, 425gr, 15oz
- 1 onion, 110gr, 3.9oz
- 2 cloves garlic, 8gr, .28oz
- 1 tbs olive oil, 13.5gr, .48oz
- 1 tsp chili powder, 2.5gr, .09oz
- 1 tsp oregano
- 1 tsp basil
- 1 tbs Balsamic vinegar, 16gr, .56oz
- 1 tbs tomato paste, 15gr, .53oz
- 1/4 cup shredded cheese, 30gr, 1oz
- 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 25gr, .9oz
Instructions:
- Chop onion and mince garlic.
- Heat oil in medium nonstick skillet. Add chili powder and sauté 1 minute.
- Add onions and garlic and sauté 5 minutes.
- Drain tomatoes, reserving juices. Roughly chop tomatoes.
- Add tomatoes, their reserved juices, herbs, vinegar and tomato paste to pan. Stir well, reduce heat, cover and simmer.
- Cut meat loaf into thick slices.
- After sauce has simmered for 10 minutes lay slices of meat loaf in the sauce. Cover and simmer another 10 minutes, until meat has heated through.
- Sprinkle cheeses on each slice and cover until cheese has melted. Serve, sauce on the side.
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| Nutrition Information Recipe serves 2 Entire Recipe / per serving Calories: 1422 / 711 Total Carbohydrates: 90 / 45 Dietary Fiber: 16 / 4 Total Fat: 79 / 39.5 Saturated Fat: 28 / 14 Cholesterol: 473 / 236.5 Protein: 81 / 40.5 Calcium: 967 / 483.5 Sodium: 2466 / 1233 |
General Technical Details and Disclaimer:
Measurements in this color are actual measurements used for calculation. If there are no values the nutritional numbers were simply too small.
I try to be accurate, but I do not guarantee it. I use 'grams' as the unit of weight; with an approximate conversion to ounces.
My information comes from my own digital, computerized scale and the USDA Nutrient Data Library: http://www.nal.usda.gov/fnic/foodcomp/search/
