Spanakotiropita Spinach And Cheese Pie Recipes

Steps:

• Heat 1 tablespoon of the oil in a large saute pan, add half of the spinach and saute until spinach wilts, tossing with tongs, about 2 minutes. Remove spinach and squeeze out excess liquid, then chop roughly. Repeat with remaining spinach, using 1 more tablespoon of olive oil. Pour off any liquid from the pan, and add remaining olive oil. Add scallions and saute until soft, about 2 to 3 minutes. Add the spinach to the scallions, along with the parsley, salt and pepper. Cook over low heat for 1 to 2 minutes, then remove from heat to cool. (This part can be done ahead and kept refrigerated).
• Stir the feta and as much beaten egg to moisten the cooled spinach mixture.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Brush a baking sheet with some of the melted butter.
• Unroll the filo dough on a flat surface and keep it covered with waxed paper and a damp towel so it doesn't dry out and become brittle. Using a sharp knife, cut the filo into 3 by 11 inch strips, and recover with the towel. Use a pastry brush to brush a strip of filo with melted butter. Place a small spoonful of spinach filling 1 inch from the end of the pastry. Fold the end over the filling to form a triangle, then continue to fold up the strip in triangles, like folding up a flag. Continue with remaining strips of dough, placing filled triangles on the baking sheet and keeping them covered with a towel until all are ready to bake.
• Brush the triangles lightly with butter, then bake for 20 to 25 minutes, or until golden and crisp. Serve hot. (These may be frozen before baking, layering waxed paper between layers of triangles to keep them from sticking. Bake frozen triangles an extra 10 minutes.)

Steps:

• Clean and rinse the spinach, drain well, squeezing it gently by hand.
• Sautee the onion in the olive oil.
• Shred the spinach roughly and add it to the onion.
• Stir over medium heat to get it all coated in the olive oil. Do not add any water. Cover and cook gently for 5-6 minutes.
• Add salt, pepper, parsley and fennel and keep aside to cool down a little.
• Crumble the feta cheese into the beaten eggs.
• If the spinach mixture when cooled has produced a lot of liquid, drain it.
• before adding to the cheese and egg mixture.Season and mix well.
• Do not add any more salt as feta is quite salty.
• Unfold the roll of pastry onto a flat surface, place the container (it should be a metal oven dish with approximate size 39x28x8 cm) you are going.
• to use on top of this and measure it roughly.
• Keep in mind that fyllo shrinks once cooked so be generous with cutting away with a knife the leftover strip, if there is one.
• Oil the base and the side of the container with melted butter.
• Coat the uppermost sheet of pastry and spread it carefully on the bottom of.
• the container trying to avoid creasing. Oil the next sheet of pastry and spread it on the top of the previous.
• Place in the same fashion 8 layers fyllo on the bottom of the container and spread on the filling. Cover the filling with 8 layers of oiled fyllo without pressing it down.
• Oil the top layer well and cut only the top layers into diamond or square.
• shapes with a small sharp knife.
• Be careful not to cut the bottom layers of pastry.
• Cook in a preheated oven at 190 grades C for 40 minutes until the pastry.
• puffs up and the top becomes golden and crisp.
• When cooked, let it stand for 10 minutes and then cut the pre-shaped pieces.
• all the way down to the bottom of the tin, take them out and place them on.
• a flat platter.