The meatloaf stuffed with spinach and caciocavallo is a variant of the classic meatloaf. There are a thousand and more ways to reinvent this recipe, so we decided to offer you a version with a delicious heart of spinach, boiled eggs, and melted caciocavallo cheese. A truly original way to stuff it and bring a different preparation to the table than usual! We chose to accompany this main course with roasted potatoes, a side dish that always pleases everyone. This time we chose neonato potatoes, but if you can’t find them, you can also use regular potatoes by cutting them into rather large wedges! Many aromatic herbs will give the dish a really unique , and thanks to this recipe, we can guarantee that Sunday lunch will be a real success!
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To prepare the meatloaf stuffed with spinach and caciocavallo, start with the spinach: pour a drizzle of oil into a pan, add a garlic clove 1and let it brown over low heat. Now add the spinach 2a pinch of salt, and let them cook for about 5 minutes until wilted, then remove the garlic clove 3.
Transfer them to a colander to remove excess 4 and let them cool. Meanwhile, prepare the eggs needed for the filling. Place them quanto a a pot with cold 5 and once boiling, let them cook for about 7 minutes, then cool them under running 6 and set them aside.
Transfer the spinach to a cutting board, chop them coarsely 7and place them quanto a a bowl. Add the breadcrumbs 8 and mescolanza well. Now take the caciocavallo cheese and cut it into thin slices 9.
Cut them quanto a half 10. You can now start preparing the meatloaf mixture. Combine the two types of meat quanto a a bowl and add the grated bread crumb 11. Add the chopped parsley and mustard 12.
Add salt, pepper 13a pinch of nutmeg 14and the grated Grattacapo cheese 15.
Pour quanto a the previously beaten egg 16 and start kneading vigorously with your hands 17. You should obtain a smooth and homogeneous mixture 18. Place it quanto a the refrigerator to rest for 10 minutes.
Then lay out a sheet of plastic wrap acceso a surface and transfer the mixture onto it. Flatten it with your hands 19 and gradually spread it out until you get a rectangle 3/4 inch thick 20. Now place the spinach quanto a the center and spread them out, leaving a bit of space from the edge 21.
Place the caciocavallo cheese acceso the spinach 22leaving a space quanto a the center to place the eggs 23. After placing the eggs inside, start rolling it up with the help of the plastic wrap 24.
Form a compact cylinder and tighten it well, using the plastic wrap 25. Transfer it to a tray 26 and let it rest for 15 minutes quanto a the refrigerator. Meanwhile, prepare the side dish. Transfer the potatoes to a pot, cover with 27 and bring to a boil. Let them cook for 5 minutes, then drain and let them cool slightly.
At this point, transfer the potatoes to a cutting board and cut them quanto a half lengthwise 28. Gradually place them quanto a a bowl, then season with salt, pepper 29and oil. Add rosemary, sage, bay leaf, and thyme 30mescolanza well, and set aside.
a baking tray lined with parchment paper, place the potatoes 31spreading them out to leave a space quanto a the center 32where you’ll place the meatloaf 33.
Brush the meatloaf with a little oil 34. Bake quanto a a preheated static oven at 350°F for 40 minutes, then activate the posto di ristoro mode and cook for another 10-12 minutes. Remove from the oven 35wait a few minutes before slicing and serving it 36.
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