Best Bettys Spinach And Feta Loaf Recipes

BACON, SPINACH AND FETA MUFFIN LOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 180C (160C fan forced).
• Grease a 21cm x 10cm (base measurement) loaf pan.
• Remove rind and most of the at from bacon and chop.
• Add bacon and onion to a medium non-stick frying pan; cook and stir for 5 minutes or until bacon is crisp and onion is soft.
• Remove from pan reserving a 1/4 of the bacon mixture.
• Add spinach and oregano to pan; cook and stir until just wilted and remove from pan and cool slightly.
• Sift flour and salt into a large bowl and make a well at the centre and add oil, egg and milk and stir until just combined (don't overmix or you will toughen the mix).
• Gently fold in spinach mixture and feta until just combined.
• Spoon mixture into prepared pan and top with reserved bacon mixture and extra feta.
• Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until a skewer inserted at centre comes out clean.
• Stand pan for 5 minutes and then turn out onto a wire rack to cool slightly and then serve with butter.

SPINACH FETA BREAD (A B M)

Steps:

• Add the dough ingredients to your bread machine pan in the order listed.
• Set your machine for a 1 lb dough cycle. If your machine has an extras setting, select it.
• Toss the cubed feta with the whole wheat flour. Add to the extras dispenser if your bread machine has one, if not, just set it aside. (It doesn't all fit into the dispenser, so add what will fit, and either mound the rest on top, or set it aside.).
• You have to pay attention to your machine. If it has the extras setting (on my machine, it's 20 minutes into the cycle), when you hear it dispense the cheese, open the lid and add the shredded spinach. If you don't have an extra setting, open the lid and add the spinach and the cheese 20 minutes into the cycle.
• Once the cycle is complete, remove the dough from the machine, form it into a tight ball, cover it with bread machine pan, and let rest for 10 minutes.
• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Shape the dough into a fat, round loaf. Cover and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Brush the top of the loaf with the optional beaten egg. (It gives the finished loaf a nice shiny glaze.).
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes, until the loaf sounds hollow when tapped on the bottom.
• Cool on a wire rack.

HEARTY SPINACH AND FETA CHEESE BREAD

Steps:

• Warm 1/4 cup of the reserved spinach liquid to just above 100F (105 to 115, ideally).
• Stir the yeast and sugar into the warm spinach liquid, let stand until foamy, 10 minutes.
• Add remaining 1/2 cup spinach liquid, feta cheese, oil, spinach, and nutmeg and stir thoroughly.
• Mix the flour and salt and stir into the spinach mixture.
• Knead on a floured surface or in a Mixmaster until dough is well marbled, 8 to 10 minutes. Add more flour, if the dough is sticky, but it is okay if it is slightly moist. Place the dough in an oiled bowl, cover tightly with plastic wrap, and let rise until doubled, 1-1/4 to 1-1/2 hours.
• The dough may be even wetter after rising because of the spinach. Pour the dough onto a well-floured work surface and flour the top of the dough if necessary. Shape into a loaf and place on a lightly oiled bread pan. Cover with a towel and let rise until doubled, about 45 minutes.
• Preheat oven to 425°F Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce the heat to 400F and bake the loaf 30 to 35 minutes.
• Cool completely on a rack.

BREAD MACHINE SPINACH AND FETA BREAD

Steps:

• Place all ingredients into the bread machine bowl except the yeast, cheese and spinach.
• Place yeast in yeast hopper, and with 10 minutes left in the last kneading cycle add spinach and cheese.
• Walk away!

SPINACH AND FETA MEATLOAF RECIPE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350° F. Mix all ingredients, except spinach and cheese, in a large bowl. Stem and cook the spinach (or thaw, if frozen) and squeeze dry, and chop finely. Cover a rimmed baking sheet with a piece of waxed paper. On the waxed paper, shape the meat mixture into a neat rectangle about 9 inches by 13 inches, keeping the thickness as even as possible. Spread the chopped spinach over the meat. crumble the cheese and distribute over the spinach.. Starting from a short side, use the waxed paper to help roll up the meat, jelly-roll fashion, into a log. With moistened fingers, press and pat the ends shut and seal up any cracks that develop. Slide the waxed paper away from the meat log and bake in preheated oven about 45 minutes, or to 160° at the center. Remove from oven and let stand a few minutes to firm up, then cut into thick slices and serve. Serves 2, makes leftovers!

SPINACH AND PINE NUT MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Heat oven to 350°F. Mix all ingredients. Spread mixture in ungreased loaf pan, 8 1/2x4 1/2x2 1/2 or 9x5x3 inches, or shape into 9x5-inch loaf in ungreased rectangular pan, 13x9x2 inches.
• Insert meat thermometer so tip is in center of loaf. Bake uncovered 1 to 1 1/4 hours or until thermometer reads 160°F (170°F if ground pork is used). Let stand 5 minutes; remove from pan.

BETTY'S SPINACH AND FETA LOAF

Steps:

• 1. Pre-heat oven to 320oF/160oC. Well grease and line a large bread tin or 12 jumbo muffin tins.
• 2. Well mix the milk, eggs and butter. Set aside.
• 3. In a large bowl, add everything else and stir well. Add the wet ingredients until JUST mixed. Pour into the prepared pan or muffin tins.
• 4. Bake in the pre-heated oven for 1 hour if making a loaf and 20 - 25 minutes for muffins - until cooked when checked with a skewer. Cool in tin for 15 minutes before turning out.
• 5. Cool before cutting for at least an hour or the bread will tear rather than cut. Serve with lashings of butter or creamed cheese (the latter is my favourite).