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Ricotta meatloaf

Serves 4
60 minutes
Difficulty Easy
8 Ingredients

Looking for a different type of meatloaf? Try it with ricotta cheese!

Ingredients (serves 4)

500 g minced beef
250 g ricotta cheese
1 egg
1 onion, finely chopped
mixed dried herbs
salt
5 Tbsp shredded cheddar cheese
5 slices shaved ham

Method

Preheat oven at 200 degrees.
Line a loaf pan with baking paper, leaving some hanging from the sides, so you can cover the top of the meatloaf.
In a big bowl mix meat, ricotta, egg, onion, some dried herbs and some salt.
Slowly pour half of the mix into the loaf pan. Cover with the cheddar and the slices of ham.
Pour the rest of the mix into the loaf pan. Cover the top of the meatloaf with the baking paper.
Bake for around 45 minutes.
There will probably be some liquid left in the loaf pan. Take the meatloaf carefully out of the pan using a big slotted spatula, and place it on a serving dish. Then slice it.
We enjoyed it with peas!

Notes

For a change, you could use cream cheese instead of ricotta. I hope you all like it!

23 Comments
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- - mom160270 said
  - 26 Mar 2025
    2:56 pm
I like this idea. The ricotta would keep it light.

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- - coastalkaryn said
  - 29 Nov 2016
    9:43 am
sounds so good and the Ricotta would keep it moist and yummy

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- - mom19782016 said
  - 22 Jun 2016
    8:00 pm
Well, that is different. Ricotta would make it taste lovely and creamy I imagine!

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- - curlytops said
  - 30 Apr 2016
    10:53 pm
melted cheese in the middle looks delicious.

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- - Some_Toss said
  - 29 Feb 2016
    11:51 pm
YUM! Try wrapping the top in bacon and cheese with smokey bbq sauce! 😀 Thanks for sharing!

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- - rachelvk said
  - 28 Feb 2016
    10:35 pm
An interesting twist on the traditional meatloaf. Looks interesting.

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- - Kasey said
  - 28 Dec 2015
    12:24 am
Looks great, thanks for sharing.

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- - paulah2 said
  - 09 Dec 2015
    6:36 pm
Omg you had me at cheese!!! Yummmo
- mom90758 replied
  
  09 Dec 2015 , 9:41 pm
  Ha! Ha!
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- - mom94125 said
  - 01 Nov 2015
    10:59 am
i just loved and shared this recipe to facebook. it is so easy to make, that i hope some of my friends will try this. facebook can be good for finding recipes but this site is a really great source for me.
- mom90758 replied
  
  02 Nov 2015 , 12:55 pm
  Oh! Thank you so much. You are so sweet! 🙂
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- - mom152736 said
  - 31 Oct 2015
    10:58 pm
Thanks for sharing! Its a good dish.

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- - jellybean01 said
  - 23 Oct 2015
    9:34 am
This recipe looks great! Im sure it will be a hit in my household! 🙂

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- - hopefullyheidi said
  - 22 Oct 2015
    2:28 pm
Looks very moist, which is great as a lot of meatloaves tend to dry out.
- mom90758 replied
  
  23 Oct 2015 , 1:21 pm
  You are right! Probably because it’s cooked covered with baking paper.
  - mom93821 replied
    
    11 Oct 2019 , 6:00 am
    
    True! Meatloaf can dry out but not this one!
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- - mom94125 said
  - 21 Oct 2015
    9:12 pm
wow this recipe idea rocks! i love the cheese and the ham additions and i can see myself trying this out with a bacon substituted for the ham, sometime.
- mom90758 replied
  
  22 Oct 2015 , 12:20 pm
  That’s a very good idea!!
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- - mom90758 said
  - 21 Oct 2015
    2:28 pm
Try it! And then let me know if you liked it! 🙂

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- - mom103936 said
  - 21 Oct 2015
    11:20 am
Thats unusual have never tried with ricotta before.

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- - mom57808 said
  - 21 Oct 2015
    6:51 am
cool maybe this meatloaf may have a bit of taste

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- - mom112217 said
  - 20 Oct 2015
    9:10 pm
Like the ricotta cheese added,very nice!

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- - mom93821 said
  - 20 Oct 2015
    7:29 pm
Thanks for sharing your recipe – love cheese. Love meatloaf with mash potato and peas.

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