Turkey Meatloaf With Spinach And Bacon Recipes

BACON-SPINACH TURKEY MEATLOAF WITH TOMATO JAM

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350° F. In small bowl, place 1/2 cup of the onion and half of the garlic; reserve for jam. Spray 8-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add remaining onion to skillet; cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until tender. Reduce heat to low; add tomato paste. Cook 2 minutes, stirring occasionally. Remove from heat; stir in remaining garlic.
• Spray broiler pan with rack with cooking spray. In large bowl, mix onion mixture and all remaining meatloaf ingredients. Shape into 8 x 5-inch loaf on rack in broiler pan. Bake 1 hour or until meat thermometer inserted in center of loaf reads 160°F. Let stand 10 minutes.
• Meanwhile, make jam. Spray 10-inch skillet with cooking spray; heat over medium-high heat. Add reserved onion and garlic to skillet; cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently, until golden. Add brown sugar and lemon juice, stirring to loosen browned particles from bottom of skillet. Stir in remaining jam ingredients; break up tomatoes with spoon. Heat to boiling; reduce heat. Simmer uncovered 20 minutes, stirring occasionally, until mixture begins to thicken. Strain jam though fine strainer; discard liquid.
• To serve, cut loaf into 8 slices; top each slice with about 3 tablespoons warm jam.

SPINACH STUFFED TURKEY MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375 degrees F. Lightly spray medium skillet with cooking spray.
• Cook mushrooms and onion in skillet over medium-low heat 4 minutes or until onion is tender; remove from heat.
• Add spinach, 1/4 cup mozzarella cheese and Parmesan cheese; mix well. Set aside.
• In large bowl, combine turkey, oats, milk, egg white, Italian seasoning, salt and pepper; mix lightly but thoroughly.
• Spoon 2/3 of turkey mixture lengthwise down center of 11 x 7-inch glass baking dish.
• Form a deep indentation down middle of turkey; fill indentation with reserved spinach mixture.
• Top with remaining turkey, forming a loaf.
• Seal edges to completely enclose spinach filling.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until thermometer registers 170 degrees F and juices show no pink color.
• Remove from oven; sprinkle with remaining mozzarella cheese.
• Return to oven 1 to 2 minutes or until cheese melts.
• Let stand 5 minutes before slicing.

TURKEY-SPINACH MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Place garlic cloves in small saucepan, add enough olive oil to cover them, and place over very low heat. Cook about 40 minutes, until garlic is tender but not browned. Drain garlic, and reserve oil. While garlic cooks, remove and discard stems and heavy leaf ribs from spinach.
• Place onion in nonstick sauté pan over low heat. Cook until translucent, about 2 minutes. Add spinach leaves and salt, and stir until spinach wilts. Line a small baking sheet with several thicknesses of paper towel, and spread spinach mixture on towel and refrigerate to cool.
• Heat oven to 375 degrees. In a mixing bowl or bowl of an electric mixer combine turkey, thyme, pepper, cayenne and cooked garlic cloves; mix well.
• Remove spinach from refrigerator, and chop. Add to mixing bowl, and mix well by hand or on low speed by machine. Form into loaf shape.
• Heat a heavy skillet, preferably oven-proof. Add a little of the garlic oil and sear loaf top and bottom until lightly browned. Sides can be seared but only if you have a very large spatula to turn loaf easily. Place skillet in oven or transfer loaf to shallow baking dish, then place in oven. Bake about 50 minutes, until a thermometer registers 160 degrees. Remove from oven and serve, or refrigerate and serve cold. Reserve remaining garlic oil for another use.

TURKEY MEATLOAF WITH SPINACH AND BACON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Squeeze out excess water out of spinach.
• Use a large egg.
• Mince Garlic.
• In a large bowl, combine all ingredients except bacon. Shape into a loaf and place in a shallow baking dish.
• Arrange bacon across top.
• Bake 1 1/4 hours or until a meat thermometer registers 160.