Mediterranean Stuffed Lamb Loin
Author: Kristen Barkley
Recipe type: Main Dish
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Serves: 4
This simple to prepare yet elegant to present stuffed lamb dish is a delicious change of pace from the traditional dinner lineup. Customize the stuffing with spices, nuts or ingredients that you may prefer more to spice it up!
Ingredients
- 2 T Olive Oil
- ¼ c Onion, chopped
- 3 Cloves Garlic, chopped
- 1 c Spinach
- ¼ c Fresh Basil
- 2 T Sun-Dried Tomatoes, finely chopped
- 2 T Lemon Pepper
- ½ c Crumbled Feta Cheese
- 2 lbs Boneless American Lamb Sirloin Roast
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 325F.
- In medium skillet, heat 1 tablespoon olive oil; add in and cook onion and garlic over medium heat for 3 minutes.
- Mix in spinach, basil, sundried tomatoes, pine nuts and 1 teaspoon lemon pepper. Cook additional 2-3 minutes until spinach is wilted.
- Mix in feta cheese and set aside.
- Remove all visible fat from meat; slice halfway through meat down center lengthwise. Cover with plastic wrap, and with meat mallet pound to 1-inch thick or less.
- Place filling down center of meat; roll and tie with string at 2 inch intervals.
- Brush with 1 tablespoon olive oil and sprinkle with 1 teaspoon lemon pepper.
- Place on rack in roasting pan and roast in oven to desired degree of doneness.
- Cover and let roast stand 10 minutes before carving.
