Best 20 Spinach Stuffing Recipes

SPINACH STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• In a bowl, combine eggs, stuffing mix, butter, Parmesan cheese, salt and pepper. Add spinach; mix well. Shape into 1-1/2-in. balls; place in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Bake at 350° for 12-15 minutes or until lightly browned.

ACORN SQUASH WITH SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Cut squash in half; discard seeds. Place squash, cut side down, in an ungreased 15x10x1-in. baking pan. Fill pan with hot water to a depth of 1/2 in. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 40 minutes., Meanwhile, in a skillet, saute celery and onions in oil until tender. Add the spinach and 1/4 teaspoon salt; cook and stir until spinach is wilted. , In a bowl, combine the bread crumbs, pecans and remaining salt. Drain water from baking pan. Turn squash cut side up. Stuff with spinach mixture; sprinkle crumb mixture over top. Dot with butter. Bake 15 minutes longer or until the squash is tender.

PORK WELLINGTON WITH PROSCIUTTO AND SPINACH-MUSHROOM STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium-high. Add onion, mushrooms, and thyme; season with salt. Cook, stirring occasionally, until mushrooms are browned, 10 to 12 minutes. Add spinach; cook 2 minutes more. Add vinegar and 1/3 cup cream. Cook, scraping browned bits from bottom of skillet, 1 minute. Let cool completely.
• Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Cut a slit down length of each tenderloin, deep enough to reach center, and season with salt. Pack mushroom mixture evenly into slits, then reshape tenderloins into logs with your hands, enclosing filling as much as possible.
• Unfold pastry on a lightly floured work surface. Roll out to an approximately 13-inch square; cut in half. Starting at one short end of each piece, score diagonal lines, 1 inch apart, with a sharp knife or pizza wheel (do not cut all the way through). Score in other direction, creating a crosshatch pattern. Transfer both doughs to a parchment-lined rimmed baking sheet, scored-sides down (if they become too soft, chill briefly). Divide prosciutto evenly between doughs, overlapping to fit and leaving 1-inch borders of dough. Center a tenderloin on top of each dough, stuffed-sides down. Whisk egg with 1 teaspoon water; brush borders with egg wash. Lift long sides of each dough up and over pork, stretching slightly as necessary until edges meet; pinch edges to seal. Fold short sides up over pork and flip so seams face down. Brush all over with egg wash; cut a few 1-inch vents in tops. Refrigerate 30 minutes.
• Bake until pastry is puffed and golden brown and a thermometer inserted into centers of pork registers 140 degrees, 20 to 25 minutes. Transfer Wellingtons to a wire rack; let cool 15 minutes. Meanwhile, stir together mustard, remaining 1/3 cup cream, and 2 tablespoons water; season with salt and pepper. Slice Wellingtons into 2-inch rounds and serve with mustard sauce.

ITALIAN SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large pot over medium-high heat. Add onions and sauté, stirring, until translucent, about 5 minutes. Reduce heat to medium and add garlic, spinach and mushrooms and cook, stirring often, until well mixed and heated through, about 5 minutes. Season mixture to taste with salt and pepper; set aside.
• Finely mince chicken gizzards. (You can do this by hand or in a food processor, but be careful not to overprocess.) Season gizzards all over with salt. Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add gizzards and sauté, stirring often, until cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. Drain off any drippings, then stir gizzards into spinach mixture. Let cool to room temperature.
• Heat oven to 350 degrees. When spinach mixture is cool, add eggs, cheese, bread crumbs and parsley and stir until well combined. Transfer stuffing to a 3-quart casserole dish and bake, covered, 1 hour.

PAUPIETTES OF SOLE WITH SPINACH AND MUSHROOM STUFFING

Steps:

• Sprinkle the fillets with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Pick over the spinach. Remove and discard any tough stems and blemished leaves. Rinse and drain the spinach well. There should be about 8 cups loosely packed. Set aside.
• Heat the butter in a skillet and add the shallots. Cook briefly, stirring, and add the mushrooms, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Cook, stirring, until the mushrooms are wilted. Add the spinach and cook until wilted. Continue cooking until all the moisture evaporates.
• Scrape the mixture into a bowl and add the egg yolk. Let stand until cool.
• Place the fillets of fish on a flat surface, skinned side up. Spoon an equal portion of the spinach and mushroom mixture onto the center of each fillet. Roll the fillets jellyroll style to enclose the filling.
• Bring a quantity of water to the boil in the bottom of a steamer. Arrange the rolled fillets, seam side down, on a steamer rack. Set the rack over the steamer bottom. Steam five minutes. Serve hot with a ginger butter sauce (see recipe).

WILD MUSHROOM AND SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Melt 1/4 cup butter with olive oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat. Add diced wild mushrooms and sprinkle lightly with salt and pepper. Sauté until mushrooms are tender and beginning to brown, about 8 minutes. Transfer mushrooms to large bowl.
• Melt remaining 1/2 cup butter in same skillet over medium heat. Add onions and celery. Sauté until vegetables are tender, about 12 minutes. Add all herbs; sauté 1 minute longer. Add spinach and toss until just wilted, about 1 minute. Add vegetable mixture to bowl with mushrooms. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Cool, cover, and chill.
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Divide bread between 2 rimmed baking sheets. Bake until bread is crusty but not hard, reversing sheets after 5 minutes, 10 to 12 minutes total. Transfer to very large bowl and cool.
• Butter 13x9x2-inch baking dish. Stir vegetable mixture into bread. Whisk eggs, salt, and pepper in small bowl to blend well; whisk in 1 cup broth. Add egg mixture to stuffing, tossing to combine evenly and adding more broth by 1/4 cupfuls if dry. Transfer stuffing to prepared dish.
• Bake stuffing uncovered until cooked through and brown and crusty on top, 50 to 60 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes.

TURKEY & SPINACH STUFFING CASSEROLE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°. In a large saucepan, bring broth and butter to a boil. Remove from heat. Add stuffing mix; stir until moistened. Stir in turkey, spinach and cranberries., Transfer to a greased 11x7-in. baking dish. Sprinkle with cheese. Bake, uncovered, 10-15 minutes or until cheese is melted.

SAVORY SPINACH AND ARTICHOKE STUFFING - EMERIL LAGASSE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Grease a 9 by 13-inch baking dish with 1 tablespoon olive oil.
• Bring a medium pot of water to a boil. Add the spinach and cook until just wilted, about 30 seconds. Drain and rinse with cold water. Once cool, squeeze as much water from spinach as possible, then roughly chop, and reserve.
• Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook until golden brown and tender, about 5 minutes. Add the garlic, 2 teaspoons of Italian Essence, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and cook, stirring, until the garlic is fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add the artichokes and cook, stirring, another 2 minutes. Remove from the heat and reserve.
• Combine the eggs, cream, chicken stock, lemon juice, remaining 1 tablespoon Italian Essence, remaining 2 teaspoons salt, and remaining 1 teaspoon pepper in a large bowl. Whisk to combine. Add the bread, spinach, artichoke mixture, brie, 1/4 cup Parmesan, and parsley and stir to combine. If bread does not absorb all of liquid immediately then let rest until this happens, about 20 minutes.
• Pour the bread pudding mixture into the prepared dish. Sprinkle remaining 1/4 cup Parmesan over the top and drizzle with remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil. Bake until firm in the center and golden brown, about 1 hour. Serve warm.

SPINACH STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Mix all ingredients together.
• Let stand for 20 minutes.
• Roll into balls the size of walnuts.
• Bake at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.
• Freeeze if needed.
• Thaw 20 minutes before warming.

BRISKET WITH HERBED SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Make stuffing:
• Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium heat. Add onions, garlic and thyme; sauté until onions soften, about 5 minutes. Cool 15 minutes. Mix in spinach and matzo. Season stuffing with salt and pepper. Mix in egg.
• Make brisket:
• Preheat oven to 350°F. Cut deep pocket in 1 side of brisket, leaving 3/4-inch border of meat uncut on remaining 3 sides. Fill pocket with stuffing. Skewer or sew pocket closed. Sprinkle salt and pepper all over brisket.
• Arrange half of onions in bottom of large roasting pan. Place brisket, fat side up, on onions. Top brisket with remaining onions. Pour 1/4 cup broth into pan. Bake brisket uncovered until meat and onions begin to brown, about 1 hour.
• Add carrots, celery, garlic, thyme and bay leaf to pan around brisket. Pour remaining 2 cups broth over. Cover pan with foil. Reduce temperature to 300°F. Bake brisket until tender, about 2 1/2 hours longer. Remove from oven. Uncover pan; let brisket stand 30 minutes. Thinly slice brisket across grain. Overlap slices on platter. Surround with vegetables from pan. Spoon off fat from pan juices; season juices with salt and pepper. Serve brisket with pan juices.

SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• In a large bowl, mix together butter, spinach, poultry seasoning, and stuffing mix. Transfer mixture to a 9x13 inch casserole dish.
• Cover dish and bake in preheated oven for 1 hour.

PORK LOIN WITH SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Set aside 1/2 cup spinach for sauce. In a skillet, saute onion, garlic and remaining spinach in butter until tender. Remove from the heat; stir in bread crumbs and salt. , Separate roast into two pieces; spoon spinach mixture onto one piece of meat. Top with second piece; tie with kitchen string. Place in a shallow roasting pan. , Combine the orange juice, soy sauce and ketchup; pour half over roast. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 1 hour. Baste with remaining orange juice mixture. Cover and bake 1 hour longer or until a thermometer reads 160°-170°. Let stand 10 minutes before slicing. , In a saucepan, combine the sour cream, horseradish, mustard, seasoned salt, dill and reserved spinach. Cook over medium heat just until heated through (do not boil). Serve warm with pork.

SPINACH AND MUSHROOM STUFFING BALLS

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°F.
• Mix stuffing, water and butter in a large bowl. Add all additional ingredients and mixed until well blended.
• Shape into 60 balls, about 1 inch across.
• Place in a single layer on a greased baking sheet. Chill 2 hours.
• Bake 15 to 20 minutes or until lightly browned.

STANDING RIB ROAST, SPINACH-PORCINI STUFFING, IRISH WHISKEY GRAVY, AND HORSERADISH CREAM

Steps:

• For gravy base:
• Heat oil in large saucepan over medium heat. Add shallots and sauté until soft, about 3 minutes. Add garlic; stir 1 minute. Add 1/2 cup whiskey to saucepan. Using long match or lighter and standing back, carefully ignite mixture to burn off alcohol. When flame dies, add red wine and boil until mixture is reduced to 1 cup, about 16 minutes. Add 4 cups chicken broth and boil until mixture is reduced to 3 cups, about 15 minutes. Whisk cream and mustard in small bowl; add to saucepan and boil until sauce coats spoon and is reduced to 2 1/2 cups, about 13 minutes. DO AHEAD: Can be made 1 day ahead. Transfer to small bowl. Cover and chill.
• For rib roast:
• Position rack in bottom third of oven and preheat to 450°F. Place roasting rack in large roasting pan. Place roast on work surface with bones standing straight up. Using long sharp knife, cut between bones and meat to make 5-to 6-inch-deep crevice (do not cut so deep that bones come off). Pry bones away from meat gently, creating space, then fill space evenly with stuffing, packing firmly. Press bones in to compact stuffing slightly and tie bones back in place with 3 to 4 loops of kitchen string wrapped completely around roast to secure and keep stuffing in place.
• Combine garlic, oil, 3 tablespoons rosemary, 1 1/2 tablespoons coarse salt, 1 tablespoon ground black pepper, and crushed fennel seeds in small bowl. Rub garlic-rosemary mixture all over roast. Place rib roast, bones standing straight up, on rack in prepared roasting pan. Roast 20 minutes. Reduce oven temperature to 350°F. Roast 1 1/2 hours. Begin to check internal temperature of meat by inserting instantread thermometer into center of meat (not stuffing), straight down from top of roast; continue roasting until desired temperature is reached, about 125°F for rare and about 130°F for medium-rare, about 30 to 40 minutes longer. Transfer roast to platter; let rest at least 20 minutes and up to 45 minutes before carving. Reserve juices in roasting pan. Spoon off fat from top of juices; reserve for Yorkshire puddings, if desired, or discard if not using.
• To finish:
• Meanwhile, finish preparing gravy. Stir cracked peppercorns in small skillet over medium heat until fragrant, about 3 minutes. Place roasting pan with juices over 2 burners. Bring to boil; add 1 cup broth and 1/2 cup whiskey. Boil 2 minutes, scraping up browned bits in pan with wooden spoon.
• Strain pan juices into large saucepan; add gravy base. Boil until sauce coats spoon, about 4 minutes. Add toasted cracked peppercorns and remaining 2 teaspoons rosemary; simmer 1 minute. Season gravy to taste with salt.
• Present roast at table, then transfer roast to cutting board and cut into 1/4- to 1/2-inch-thick slices. Arrange meat slices and stuffing on platter. Serve with gravy and horseradish cream alongside.

CATFISH WITH MUSHROOM AND SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F and place oven rack in upper third of oven.
• To make the stuffing, in a large skillet heat butter and oil over medium heat.
• Add shallots and saute until softened, not brown, about 2-3 minutes.
• Add mushrooms and saute until tender and most liquid has evaporated, 5-8 minutes.
• Add wine and stir until almost all evaporated.
• Sprinkle mushrooms with flour and stir well to incorporate, 2-3 minutes.
• Raise heat to high, toss in the spinach and add cream to skillet cooking to a boil, stirring constantly until thickened.
• Remove from heat and stir in lemon juice, cayenne, cashews and salt.
• Mix well, as the mixture will be somewhat thick, taste, and adjust salt if necessary, keeping in mind that if you are using salted cashews you may need less salt.
• Butter or spray a baking dish and divide stuffing into two separate mounds and top each with a catfish fillet.
• Sprinkle fillets with breadcrumbs if using, then drizzle with melted butter.
• Bake in upper third of oven for 15-20 minutes, until fish flakes easily around the edges.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

TURKEY BREAST ROULADE WITH SPINACH, BACON, & MUSHROOM STUFFING

Steps:

• Combine salt and water in a large pot; brine the turkey breast for 24-48 hours. Combine leaves from 5 sprigs of thyme, 2 sprigs of rosemary, 8 sage leaves, half of small onion, celery, salt & pepper in blender or food processor (or electric coffee grinder). Process until the mixture is a moist paste. De-bone turkey breast carefully keeping skin and all meat as intact as possible. Butterfly breast meat to even thickness and fill empty or unexposed areas. Use a meat mallet to pound as needed to create an 11x17 rectangle. Flip rectangle so that skin side is up. Rub herb mixture between skin and meat of turkey breast and over meat that is not covered with skin. Saute pancetta/bacon in large non-stick skillet until it begins to brown. Drain any excess fat. Add onion, celery, & bell pepper and cook 3 or 4 minutes. Add mushrooms, garlic, and any leftover herb paste. Saute 3 or 4 minutes. Remove from heat and add bread, mix well and drizzle 1-1 1/2 cups chicken broth over entire mixture. Add salt, pepper, additional chopped herbs (or dried) to taste. Cover a nearby 24x20 work area with plastic wrap. Have lacing pins and/or string and scissors nearby.) Place turkey breast, skin-side down on center of work area. Spread the stuffing across the turkey breast. Roll up breast and pin/tie as needed to secure. When done, roll turkey breast in plastic wrap and refrigerate until needed. Preheat a large electric frying pan or roasting pan to medium high heat. When quite warm, spray with cooking spray and place turkey in pan. Brown on all sides 3-5 minutes. Add remaining chicken broth to pan and cover. Roast in oven at 375 or in electric frying pan at 200 for 20-25 minutes. Instant read thermometer should read 120 when inserted into middle of roll. Remove from pan to jelly roll pan and tent with foil. Let rest 10 minutes before slicing. If desired, make light gravy using pan juices and remaining broth.

OYSTER, BREAD AND SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
• Cut off and discard ends of the baguettes. Cut loaves, including the crust, into 3/4-inch cubes. Spread on two baking sheets, and place each sheet on middle rack of oven for 10 to 15 minutes, until toasty.
• In large skillet, heat chicken stock until it simmers. Add oysters and oyster liquid, and poach for 1 to 2 minutes, until just cooked. Transfer oysters to a bowl. Drain off and reserve poaching liquid.
• In the same skillet, cook bacon until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Leave bacon fat in the pan. Add diced onions, parnsips, salsify and celery. Cook, stirring, over medium heat until almost tender.
• Cut spinach into large pieces. Add to vegetables in skillet and cook, stirring, until wilted. Remove from heat, and add reserved oysters and bacon. (If cooking in advance, cover and refrigerate overnight.)
• When ready to cook, preheat oven to 350 degrees. Mix thyme, parsley, eggs and butter in a bowl. Add reserved bread cubes, and mix well. Add enough reserved poaching liquid to moisten well. Season with salt, pepper and cayenne pepper to taste.
• Transfer to 9-by-12-inch greased, shallow casserole. Bake, uncovered, for 35 to 40 minutes, until heated through.

POTATO BREAD STUFFING WITH BABY SPINACH AND FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 F. In a large stockpot, heat olive oil, then add onions, celery, carrots and garlic. Cook for 10 minutes or until mixture is semisoft. Stir in sage and thyme. Add baby spinach and cook until wilted, about 5 minutes. Pour the mixture into a large bowl and add potato bread, feta cheese and parsley. Combine chicken broth and eggs, and whip. Pour liquid into vegetable mixture, and mix until all the ingredients are blended. Use nonstick spray or parchment paper to line two 9 x 13-inch pans and pour in the stuffing. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes. Garnish with your favorite herb. Makes 12 servings.

SPINACH PORCINI STUFFING

Steps:

• Place porcini in small bowl; pour 1 cup boiling water over. Let stand until soft, about 45 minutes. Drain, reserving soaking liquid. Chop porcini; set aside.
• Heat large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add sausage; sauté until brown, breaking up into small pieces with back of fork. Add porcini, shallots, and garlic. Reduce heat to medium-low; cover and cook until sausage is cooked through, stirring occasionally, about 5 minutes. Transfer sausage mixture and any juices to medium bowl. Stir bread cubes, spinach, and rosemary into sausage mixture. Season with coarse salt and pepper. Mix in 1/4 cup reserved porcini soaking liquid. Cover and chill stuffing overnight.
• Bring stuffing to room temperature. Just before using, whisk egg to blend in small bowl and mix into stuffing.
• Available in the produce section of many supermarkets and at specialty foods stores and Italian markets.

VEAL BREAST WITH SPINACH STUFFING

Steps:

• Sprinkle the veal breast inside and out with salt and pepper to taste
• Chop together on a flat, heavy surface the half teaspoon dried thyme, half a bay leaf and one teaspoon chopped garlic. Set aside.
• Heat one tablespoon of the olive oil in a skillet and add the finely chopped onion. Cook, stirring, until wilted and add the ground veal and pork. Cook, stirring and chopping down with the side of a heavy metal kitchen spoon to break up lumps in the meats. Add the garlic mixture and mushrooms and cook, stirring, about five minutes.
• Add the spinach and cook until wilted. Add the bread crumbs, ricotta cheese and egg. Add the nutmeg, salt and pepper to taste and pepper flakes. Stir to blend well. Let cool.
• Meanwhile, preheat the oven to 375 degrees.
• Open up the pocket of the breast. Fill the pocket with the mixture. Sew up the pocket all around with string to enclose the filling. Rub the bottom of a baking dish with the tablespoon of corn oil.
• Put the breast in the baking dish and rub it all over with the remaining one tablespoon of olive oil. Place the breast, bone side down, in the baking dish and place in the oven. Bake 30 minutes.
• Add the sliced carrots, celery and coarsely chopped onion. Continue baking 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, tie the three sprigs of parsley, two sprigs of thyme and remaining bay leaf into a bundle. Add this to the veal.
• Add the tomatoes, wine and garlic clove. Cover the meat loosely with foil and continue baking about 30 minutes.
• Reduce the oven heat to 350 degrees. Remove the foil and baste well. Continue baking 30 minutes. The total baking time is two hours. Transfer the meat to a warm serving platter.
• When ready to serve, add the broth or water to the pan. Bring to the boil on top of the stove. Stir to dissolve the brown particles that cling to the bottom and sides of the pan. Discard the bundle of herbs amd garlic clove.
• Remove the string from the veal. Carve the veal and serve with the vegetables in sauce surrounding the roast.