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Mozzarella Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

This homemade meatloaf is stuffed with mozzarella cheese and wrapped in bacon! It may not score big on pretty looks but it sure delivers the most amazing flavors you could hope for. Plus it’s made without ketchup and smothered in BBQ sauce instead. Adapted from The Pioneer Woman.

By tastykitchen · From Open Recipes · 6 ingredients
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Mozzarella Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

Why it works: Beef and pepper are a kitchen classic. They rank in the top 10% of all ingredient pairs, and cooks put them together in 18,971 recipes. Both carry 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine, which smells earthy, pea. The science ↓

Mozzarella Stuffed Bacon Wrapped Meatloaf

Serves 8
Prep15 min
Cook1 hr

Ingredients

Directions

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Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

832Calories
48 gProtein
25 gFat
97 gCarbs
What these numbers assume: 6 portions
IngredientPortion assumedkcal
Flour1 cup (125g) all-purpose455
Beef100g cooked250
Egg1 large egg (50g)78
Bacon1 slice cooked (8g)43
Black Pepper1 tsp ground (2.3g)6
Salt1 tsp (6g)0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.

By tastykitchen. Recipe from Open Recipes.

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The flavor team

The pairs that carry this dish. Each one is judged two ways: how much their aromas overlap, and how often cooks already put them together.

  1. Beef + peppertop 10% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together18,971 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-isopropyl-3-methoxypyrazine (earthy, pea).

  2. Beef + eggtop 31% of all pairs
    Smell alikemoderate
    Cooked together8,305 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

  3. Egg + peppertop 33% of all pairs
    Smell alikelow
    Cooked together50,580 recipes

    Shared aroma: 2-nonenal (fatty, green).

Egg and pepper barely smell alike, yet cooks put them together in 50,580 recipes: they work on texture and structure more than aroma.

Ranks compare each pair with 20,000 random ingredient pairs on CompKitchen. How we score pairs