Ingredients:
1 lb ground beef
2 teaspoons butter
1 cup minced onions
1 tablespoon chopped garlic
1/2 cup green peppers
2 eggs
1 cup breadcrumbs, plus, depending on how wet the mix becomes
1 (6 ounce) cans tomato paste, use 1/2 with the meat mix, save the remaining for basting
honey
salt and pepper
1 (3 1/2 ounce) packages sliced pepperoni
2 cups mozzarella cheese
Directions:
Mix first 10 ingredients in a bowl.
Pat mixture into a rectangle about 1/2 inch think, on wax paper.
Cover the meat rectangle with sliced pepperoni, be sure they are touching each other.
Cover the pepperoni with a Mozzarella cheese.
Slowly roll the mix into a “jelly roll” form, peeling away the wax paper as you roll it together.
Seal the edge and ends with you fingers to hold in the cheese.
Place in a baking pan.
Mix the remaining paste with some honey and spread about 1/2 over the top of the loaf.
Bake at 350 F for 1 hour.
During the last 10 minutes of baking, spread the remaining tomato paste/honey mixture on top.
Remove and let stand at least 10 minutes before slicing and serving.
Servings: 6-8
Time preparation: 15 min.
Time total: 75 min.