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Place garlic cloves in small saucepan, add enough olive oil to cover them, and place over very low heat.
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Cook about 40 minutes, until garlic is tender but not browned.
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Drain garlic, and reserve oil.
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While garlic cooks, remove and discard stems and heavy leaf ribs from spinach.
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Place onion in nonstick saute pan over low heat.
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Cook until translucent, about 2 minutes.
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Add spinach leaves and salt, and stir until spinach wilts.
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Line a small baking sheet with several thicknesses of paper towel, and spread spinach mixture on towel and refrigerate to cool.
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Heat oven to 375 degrees.
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In a mixing bowl or bowl of an electric mixer combine turkey, thyme, pepper, cayenne and cooked garlic cloves; mix well.
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Remove spinach from refrigerator, and chop.
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Add to mixing bowl, and mix well by hand or on low speed by machine.
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Form into loaf shape.
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Heat a heavy skillet, preferably oven-proof.
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Add a little of the garlic oil and sear loaf top and bottom until lightly browned.
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Sides can be seared but only if you have a very large spatula to turn loaf easily.
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Place skillet in oven or transfer loaf to shallow baking dish, then place in oven.
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Bake about 50 minutes, until a thermometer registers 160 degrees.
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Remove from oven and serve, or refrigerate and serve cold.
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Reserve remaining garlic oil for another use.
