Magenta Spreen Stuffed Pork
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Great news! I’m now one of the Greenling Local bloggers. Twice a week I’ll be posting recipes created using ingredients found in the Greenling Local Box. The Local Box is similar to a CSA box, but is sourced from multiple farms to ensure wide variety and high quality. My own recipes will be cross-posted here, but be sure to check out the Greenling Local blog for recipes from my friend Kathryn and others. Enjoy!
When I first saw magenta spreen in my Local Box, I was stumped. This green looks more like cuttings from a landscape shrub than a vegetable, but I was determined to try it out. A quick taste test revealed that it is a little milder than spinach, but still meatier than the average lettuce.
I recently bought some pork cutlets from Richardson Farms and had been looking for an interesting way to serve them. Once I realized that magenta spreen can be treated like any other leafy green, I knew that stuffing the pork was in order. I combined them with a few of the peppers that also came in the box last week – you can use any variety of pepper you like, just remember that because the peppers don’t get cooked down much, they can retain quite a kick.
Honestly, I was surprised by how fast stuffed cutlets came together. Paired with a green salad, dinner can be on the table in 30 minutes.
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Ingredients
- 1 pound pork cutlets
- 1 cup lightly packed magenta spreen leaves
- ½ cup chopped assorted peppers
- Olive oil
- Salt and pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F and line a baking sheet with foil.
- If cutlets are not already thin, place cutlets between a folded sheet of plastic wrap and, using a meat mallet or rolling pin, pound to ¼ inch thickness.
- Chop magenta spreen and mix it together with chopped peppers and a dash of olive oil.
- Place a large spoonful on one end of a cutlet and roll up, keeping as much filling in as possible. Place seam-down on baking sheet and repeat until all cutlets are used. Sprinkle cutlets with olive oil, salt, and pepper.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until a thermometer inserted in the center registers 150°F. Serve sliced into rounds alongside a salad or steamed vegetables.
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Ok, I’m pretty familiar with all kinds of greens, but this one really stumps me. I gotta know the genus & species of spreen now. *Off on a food geek hunt… 🙂
Is this a type of lambs quarters? It looks just like it! I have tons of it growing wild in my backyard, and its great with pasta. Using it in a roulade is a great idea too!
@Meredith, it is lambs’ quarters! It makes me wonder if I have some in my yard as well. A couple weeks ago we got purslane – I love getting things in the box that we tend to think of as weeds or shrubs.
I’ve never heard of spreen much less in magenta…when I saw the name of your dish it was a mystery but you’ve done a great job with it; love the looks of the stuff pork.