Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an incredible day today. Today, we’re going to make a special dish, greek spinach pie. It is one of my favorites food recipes. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Spanakopita, or a Greek Spinach Pie, is one of their most famous creations. Flaky and crispy phyllo dough layers and a creamy spinach & feta filling. This Greek Spinach Pie is a dinner recipe that my family absolutely loves!
Greek spinach pie is one of the most popular of recent trending foods on earth. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. It is enjoyed by millions daily. Greek spinach pie is something that I’ve loved my entire life. They’re nice and they look fantastic.
To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have greek spinach pie using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Greek spinach pie:
- Prepare 1 pack filo (contain 7 sheets)
- Take 450 gr feta not very soft
- Prepare 2 tbsp greek thick yogurt
- Get tbsp parmesan grated
- Take 1 bunch dill
- Take 600 gr spinach
- Make ready 3 diced leeks
- Prepare 4 fresh onions
- Make ready 1 onion
- Take 3 eggs
- Make ready Salt and pepper
- Get Oil for the filo
Thaw the spinach overnight or in a colander under warm running water. Spanakopita can also be made with other greens, such as dandelion or chard, in place of spinach. Spanakopita in Greek translates to spinach and feta pie. Layers of flaky phyllo pastry hold a creamy spinach and feta filling.
Steps to make Greek spinach pie:
- Shimmer without oil the spinach and the leeks till get soft. We put them in a strainer to take all the water out.
- In a bowl we put the feta, parmesan, yogurt, dill, salt, pepper and eggs and we mix till the feta becomes crumbly.
- We pass in a fry pan the onions and we add some oil (1 tsp) the spinach and leeks. We cook them for 2 minutes in low heat. After we put them in strainer in order to cool down
- When they will be in a good temperature (room temperature) we mix them with the cheeses and yogurt.
- We take the tray pan we put some oil at the bottom in order not to get sticky the filo. We put 3 filo sheets at the bottom (every filo sheets we put little oil so they get crunchy), we put the spinach filling and we spread in the tray evenly. Then we put one filo sheet above the filling, some oil and again some filing. After the second filling we put the 3 remaining filo sheets (and again in between sheets some oil).
- In the preheated oven of 180 degrees in the air we put the tray for around 45 minutes. After 15 minutes take the tray and with a knife cut the first filo in a square design in order to allow even cooking for all filo sheets. Check with a fork after 30 minutes to see if its cooked. If your oven is strong then low the heat in order to cook till the base the pita. Enjoyyyyy !!!!
The cheese makes it creamy and the herbs add so much freshness. Spanakopita is a tasty Greek savory pie filled with spinach, eggs, and feta, daily served as snack, appetizer or light lunch, and particularly appreciated by the kids! This spinach and feta pie has. 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.
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