Party size Herbed Spanokopita-spinach Pie
From midgelet 13 years ago
- 50 to make
- Serves 16
Having a lot of leftover herbs and green onions in the garden this was the next dish I made ( first was the green Goddess dressing ) which always comes out well and tasty. I make it, cool it, freeze and it's ready to reheat in the oven for company.
Ingredients
- 1 pkg Filo dough ( use only part of one roll in the pkg ) shopping list
- 2, 16 oz pkg frozen chopped spinach, thawed shopping list
- 1 small bunch of green onions chopped shopping list
- 1 small bunch of dill chopped shopping list
- 1 small bunch of basil chopped shopping list
- 1 small bunch of flat leaf parsley chopped shopping list
- 1 lb feta cheese crumbled shopping list
- 1 lb ricotta cheese shopping list
- 4 large eggs shopping list
- 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil shopping list
- crushed clove of garlic ( optional ) shopping list
- salt and lemon pepper or plain pepper to taste shopping list
- melted butter as needed, approx 2 sticks shopping list
How to make it
- Thaw frozen spinach and press out any excess liquid, do not cook spinach
- Place in a large bowl and add herbs, garlic if using, the cheeses, eggs,olive oil and salt and pepper and combine very well
- Butter a 9 x 13 pan. Place 6 sheets of phyllo ( butter each sheet ) on bottom of pan.
- Add 1/2 of the spinach mixture
- Place on another 6 six sheets ( again brush each sheet with the melted butter ) .
- Add remaining spinach mixture
- Place on 4 phylllo sheets ( again butter each well ) and esp butter top sheet very well
- Using a sharp serrated knife score out triangles but cutting pie in half then each large triangle in half and again each smalloer traingle to make 16 pieces.
- Bake in a 350F oven until golden about 45 to 60 minutes.
- serve warm from the pan.
- may be cooloed, frozen for future use
The Rating
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Oh you made my day with this one! I love Spanokopita!!! Never had it this way!
FavoriteFixins
in Daytona Beach loved it
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This is one awesome recipe!
FavoriteFixins
in Daytona Beach loved it
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Had to get this one made and in the freezer! What a delicious aroma and I am a filo fanatic too. I made 2 extra little ramakins for supper tonite. Thanks for this one.I don't know why the stars come out like that...must be doing something wrong.
mystic_river1
in Bradenton loved it
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