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Meatloaf is a dish of ground meat that has been combined with other ingredients and formed into the shape of a loaf, then baked or smoked. The cooked meatloaf can be sliced like a loaf of bread to make individual portions. Meatloaf of minced meat was mentioned in the Roman cookery collection Apicius as early as the 5th century. This section needs additional citations for verification.

Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. The Bangladeshi version of meatloaf is called Maṅśer lof. In French, it is called pain de viande. It is usually served warm and can then be served with various sauces, but can also be eaten cold with a loaf of bread.

The Bulgarian rulo Stefani meatloaf is similar to the Hungarian Stefánia meatloaf, with hard-boiled eggs, and sometimes with chopped carrots and pickled gherkins in the middle. Chilean cuisine, especially in areas known for having been influenced by the arrival of German colonizers during the 18th and 19th century. The most common recipe nowadays consists of ground beef, carrots, sausages, boiled eggs and breadcrumbs, cooked in the oven and normally served with a side-dish of mashed potatoes or rice. The Cuban version of meatloaf is called pulpeta. It is made with ground beef and ground ham, and stuffed with hard boiled eggs, and it is cooked on the stovetop. It is optional to put hard boiled eggs, gherkins, or wienerwurst inside.

It is served with boiled or mashed potatoes and brown gravy sweetened with red currant jam. It is entirely based on the basic meatball recipe. The only spices used are salt and pepper. It is not customary to stuff lihamureke with anything. The usual side dish is mashed potatoes, and lihamureke is usually served with brown sauce.

Stefania slices are a type of Hungarian long meatloaf baked in a loaf pan, with 3 hard boiled eggs in the middle, making decorative white and yellow rings in the middle of the slices. In Italy, meatloaf is called polpettone and can be filled with eggs, ham and cheese, and other ingredients. It is sometimes filled with whole boiled eggs. The name presumably comes from the German Klops ‘meatball’. It is sometimes made from raw meat. Rolat is a similar dish to the chiefly Arab, though also Persian and South-Asian, kofta.