Best Spinach Filled Mediterranean Meat Roll Recipes

SAUSAGE SPANAKOPITA TRIANGLES

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Add sausage to a large skillet over medium-high heat. Cook and stir with a spatula, breaking apart the sausage until cooked, 5 to 7 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add spinach, green onions, and red pepper flakes. Continue cooking until the spinach is thawed, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat and stir in ricotta cheese and feta cheese. Season with salt and pepper.
• Unwrap the phyllo dough and cover with a towel to keep it from drying out.
• Working with one sheet at a time, brush 1/2 of the sheet with melted butter. Fold it in half lengthwise. Place a 1/4 to 1/2 cup of filling in the top-left corner. Fold the bottom-left corner over into a triangle shape. Continue folding edge over edge until you reach the end of the dough and a triangle shape is formed. Place the triangle on the baking sheet. Repeat with the remaining ingredients.
• Brush all the triangles with melted butter.
• Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

MY GRAM'S " MC CALL'S SPINACH CHEESE SOUFFLE ROLL " RECIPE

Steps:

• Place whites and yolks in separate bowls. Let whites warm to room temperature for 1 hour.
• Grease bottom of a 15 x 10-1/2 x 1-inch jelly-roll pan; line bottom with waxed paper; then grease with butter. Heat oven to 350 degrees.
• Melt 1/3 cup butter in saucepan. Remove from heat. With wire whisk, stir in flour, cayenne, 1/2 teaspoon salt until smooth. Gradually stir in milk. Return to heat, bring to a boil, stirring. Reduce heat; simmer, stirring, until thick and leaves bottom of pan. Beat in 1/2 cup Parmesan and 1/2 cup Cheddar.
• With whisk, beat yolks; beat in cheese mixture. With mixer at high speed, beat whites with 1/4 teaspoon cream of tartar until stiff peaks form when beater is slowly raised. With under-and-over motion, fold 1/3 whites into the cheese mixture. Carefully fold in remaining whites to combine. Turn into prepared pan.
• Bake 15 minutes, or until surface is puffed and firm when pressed with fingertip.
• Meanwhile, make filling - Cook spinach as package label directs. Turn into sieve; press to remove water.
• In hot butter in medium skillet, sauté onion until golden. Add spinach, salt, 1/4 cup Cheddar and the sour cream; mix well.
• With metal spatula, loosen edges of soufflé. Invert on waxed paper sprinkled lightly with Parmesan. Peel off waxed paper. Spread surface evenly with filling. From long side, roll up; place, seam side down, on greased cookie sheet. Arrange cheese slices over top. Broil, about 4-inches from heat, just until cheese melts. Use large spatula to remove to serving dish or board.

SPINACH-FILLED TURKEY ROLL

Steps:

• In a large skillet, saute the mushrooms, green onions and celery in butter until tender. Stir in spinach and salt; heat through. Remove from the heat; cool. In a large bowl, combine the eggs, bread, minced onion, soup mix and pepper. Crumble turkey over mixture; mix well., On a large piece of heavy-duty foil, pat turkey mixture into a 16x10-in. rectangle. Spread spinach mixture to within 1 in. of edges. Roll up, starting with a short side; seal seams and ends., Place seam side down in a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray. Cover and bake at 350° for 50 minutes. Uncover; bake 10 minutes longer or until a thermometer reads 165°. Let stand for 5 minutes before cutting.

SPINACH MEAT ROLL

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients except spinach in bowl; Turn onto sheet of wax paper or foil.
• Shape into rectangle 12 X 10 inches.
• Arrange spinach leaves evenly on meat leaving 1/2 inch margin around edges.
• Carefully roll up meat, beginning at narrow side and using paper to lift meat.
• Press edges and ends of roll to seal.
• Place in baking dish on middle rack of oven.
• Bake uncovered at 350°F for 1 hour and 15 minutes.
• Remove from oven and let stand for 2 minutes before slicing.

SPINACH AND RICOTTA CHEESE ROLLED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 375°F Spray an 8x4 inch loaf pan with cooking spray.
• To make meatloaf: In a bowl, mix all meatloaf ingredients. On a 12-inch square piece of waxed paper, pat out mixture into an 8-inch square.
• To make filling: In a nonstick skillet sprayed with cooking spray, cook onions over medium heat for 5 minutes until lightly browned. Stir in spinach and garlic; cook for 2 minutes. Turn off heat; add cheeses, stirring until combined. Spread over meatloaf. Using the waxed paper as a guide, roll up the meatloaf; carefully place in loaf pan seam side down. Spread barbecue sauce over top; sprinkle with cheese.
• Bake 40 to 45 minutes. Let rest for 10 minutes before carefully inverting onto a serving platter. Slice.

CHICKEN, SPINACH & FETA ROLL-UPS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350.
• Heat 1 tsp olive oil in a large skillet over Medium heat.
• Add garlic and saute 1-2 minutes or until fragrant.
• Add spinach and cook until wilted, about 3-5 minutes, tossing constantly; remove from heat.
• In a medium bowl, combine spinach, feta, lemon juice, crushed red pepper, black pepper and oregano; set aside.
• Dredge each chicken breast into beaten egg, then panko breadcrumbs.
• Spread one quarter of the spinach/feta mixture over chicken, then carefully roll up and secure with 2 toothpicks.
• Repeat with remaining chicken breasts.
• Heat remaining 2 tsp olive oil in a large skillet.
• Add rolled chicken breasts to skillet and cook about 5-7 minutes or until browned on all sides.
• Remove from heat and place in a square baking dish, sprayed with nonstick cooking spray.
• Bake 20-25 minutes or until minimum internal temperature reaches 165.
• Top with tomatoes and serve. Warm the tomatoes first, if desired.

SPINACH - STUFFED MEATLOAF

Steps:

• Mix together the beef, egg whites, breadcrumbs salt& pepper, shallots garlic, worcestershire sauce& oregano.
• Use your hands to really combine the mixture.
• After you have squeezed as much moisture as you can from the spinach combine it with the cheese, nutmeg& season with salt& pepper.
• On a piece of plastic wrap or wax paper spread out the meat mixture in a rectangle apprx 12 x 8".
• Spread the spinach mixture on top leaving apprx 1/2" clear all around the meat edges.
• Using the paper (plastic) to help roll up the loaf starting from the 8" side.
• Press gently as you go to make sure you have a firmly rolled loaf.
• Press the outside edges together.
• Tightly wrap the meatloaf in plastic wrap (or wax paper) and refrigerate for at leat an hour (I make the loaf the day before and leave it rolled in the fridge over night to be baked the next day).
• Place the meatloaf on a roasting rack in a roasting pan and bake in a 350F oven for 1 hour.
• If you are using the ketchup spread it on top of the loaf before putting it in the oven.

SPINACH-FILLED MEDITERRANEAN MEAT ROLL

Steps:

• For the filling, cook the onion in the oil in a small skillet over medium heat 2 to 3 minutes or until tender. Add pine nuts and garlic. Cook, stirring frequently, for 2 to 3 minutes or until garlic is browned. Reduce heat to medium. Stir in spinach and seasonings; cook an additional 1 minute or until thoroughly heated. Remove from heat; cool slightly. Stir in cheese.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees. In large bowl, combine all meat roll ingredients except the pinenuts and green onions; mix well. On foil or waxed paper-lined surface, pat meat mixture to form a rectangle (12 inches by 10 inches). Spread filling mixture evenly over top to within one inch of edges. Starting from short end, roll up meat tightly to enclose filling, using foil as a guide. Pinch edges and ends to seal.
• Place wire rack in baking pan (15 inches by 10 inches by 1 inch). Cover rack with foil; pierce foil in several places with knife to allow grease to drain as meat cooks. Place meat roll, seam side down, on foil-lined rack. Press the pine nuts onto top of meat roll. Bake for 30 minutes. Cover loosely with foil. Insert meat thermometer through foil and into center of loaf. Bake an additional 35 to 50 minutes or until meat is thoroughly cooked and meat thermometer registers 160 degrees. Let stand 15 minutes before slicing. Garnish with green onions.