Need to use up a load of spinach or just looking for a different type of pies? Let's make this Spanakopita recipe and enjoy the Greek vibes!
Course Main Course, Meal
Cuisine Mediterranean, Sugar free recipe
Prep Time 30 minutesminutes
Cook Time 30 minutesminutes
Ingredients
10ozSpinach
½teaspoonSalt
6ozFeta cheese
½cupGreek yogurtricotta or cottage cheese
2piecesScallion or onion
1medium Egg
1tablespoonDillfinely cut
½Lemon's zest
1tablespoonLemon juice
2clovesGarlic
¼teaspoonBlack pepper
16sheets Filo pastry
4tablespoonsOil or melted butter
Instructions
Filling
Cut the spinach up. Put it in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and let it sweat.
Stir fry sliced up green onion with oil, salt and black pepper in a medium high heat skillet until glassy / translucent look, for about 3 minutes.
Add finely cut garlic and dill. Reduce the heat and stir-fry until onion starts to turn brown, for about 10 minutes.
Place a handful of spinach in a tea towel then squeeze out tightly to remove excess moisture.
Mix spinach, eggs, feta cheese, lemon juice and the onion.
Assembly
Beginner
Brush the bottom of a baking tray with oil. Place one layer of filo pastry down. Sure we can trim the pastry to the size of our baking tray but only if we don't want a crunchy top layer.
Brush it with oil again. Continue with the oil and filo pastry layers until 6 - 8 layers are laid down. (Depending on how many pastry we have available in the package.)
Spoon in the filling.
Continue with the filo pastry and oil brush with the other half of the pastry.
If we haven't trimmed the filo then fold it up on top.
Place the spanakopita into the middle rack of a 390°F / 200°C preaheated oven until the top gets golden brown, for about 30 - 40 minutes.
Enjoy!
Advanced
Lay one layer of filo pastry out then brush it lightly with oil.
Place another layer on top and repeat the brushing. Cut the pastry up into equal slices of at least 2" / 5 cm.
Put about two tablespoons of filling onto the end of a slice.
Start folding the pastry up into triangles until there is pastry left. Just like its done with the flag folding.
Place the triangles into a baking tray and brush them with oil.
Put the spanakopitas into the middle rack of a preaheated 390°F / 200°C oven until the top gets golden brown, for about 30 - 40 minutes.