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A delicious phyllo pie recipe made with spinach and feta cheese, spanakopita is a classic Greek favorite that can be an appetizer, side dish, or meal. Spanakopita can be made as a "pie" or pita, or as individual phyllo triangles. Spread spinach and cheese mixture into pan and fold overhanging dough over filling.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must prepare a few ingredients. You can have spanakopita with feta (spinach pie with feta cheese) using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Spanakopita with Feta (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese):
- Make ready 1 kilo Spinach rinsed
- Prepare 1/2 cup Dill
- Prepare 1/2 cup Parsley
- Take 1/2 cup Olive Oil
- Take 2 Medium size Onions diced
- Take 1 Large Leek chopped (I prefer using Leek)
- Get 1 1/2 cup Feta Cheese crumbled
- Make ready 1/2 cup Short White Grain Rice
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Sugar
- Take 1 package Phyllo Sheets or 2 Phyllo Dough
- Prepare 1 cup Milk
- Take 3 Eggs
- Make ready 1 teaspoon Cinnamon (optional)
- Get Salt
- Take Pepper
Spanakopita is a Greek pastry made with phyllo dough and a filling of chopped spinach, green onions, dill, eggs and feta cheese. Authentic Greek Spanakopita - Spinach and Feta Pie. This recipe here is my mother's of course. Spanakopita is a popular recipe consisting of spinach, herbs and cheese, the types of herbs used, the ratio of cheese to spinach, the phyllo, all make the difference.
Instructions to make Spanakopita with Feta (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese):
- Take a large sauce pan and saute with olive oil the onions, and or leek, stir for a few minutes and add into the onions the spinach, dill, parsley, rice and stir. Toss in salt, pepper, sugar and cinnamon and let this boil for about 1/2 hour on low heat. Once the mixture is done, take a large bowl pour in the spinach mixture and let this cool off for a while. Add in to cooled of spinach mixture the milk, the eggs, olive oil and feta cheese. Mix and set aside.
- Start to add into a greased baking pan, one oiled brushed sheet at a time. Once half have been placed in the pan, add in the spinach mixture, then fold overhanging phyllo sheets inwards. Continue the process, when you have reached the last sheet brush oil and seal phyllo into pan.
- Baked at 180 degrees and until golden brown. Spanakopita can be eaten either hot or cold.
Spanakopita meaning "spinach pie", is a Greek savory pastry, typically with spinach and feta cheese filling. It is similar to the börek pastry of other eastern Mediterranean cultures. The traditional filling comprises chopped spinach, feta cheese, onions or scallions, egg, and seasoning. Spanakopita (Greek spinach pie) is one of the most popular Greek dishes, that is known and loved around the world. A very versatile and delicious dish The main ingredient you will need to make this spanakopita recipe is of course spinach.
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