It is filled with spinach, feta cheese, eggs, onions, and seasoning. This filling is wrapped in a pastry with olive oil. It is normally eaten as a snack.

Ingredients of Spanakopita

  1. You need 2 bunch of fresh spinach thoroughly cleaned.
  2. Prepare 2 cup of crumbled feta cheese.
  3. You need 1/2 cup of finely chopped onion.
  4. It's 2 tbsp of fresh chopped garlic.
  5. Prepare 1 packages of phylo dough.
  6. It's 2 stick of melted butter.
  7. It's 1 of black pepper.
  8. Prepare 1 of nutmeg.
  9. You need 2 of eggs for egg wash.

Spanakopita step by step

  1. preheat oven to 350.
  2. heat saute pan.
  3. saute onions until translucent.
  4. add spinach, and garlic.
  5. when spinach is properly cooked remove pan from heat to cool.
  6. when spinach is warm (not hot) add feta cheese.
  7. butter your pastry area.
  8. place layers of phylo dough brushing each layer of dough with melted butter in between.
  9. repeat last step 8 times.
  10. cut dough into quarters.
  11. place approximately 4oz of spinach mixture in to the phylo quarters.
  12. wrap each quarter into triangles being very careful not to tear the dough, brush with additional butter when necessary.
  13. place triangles on cookie sheet, coat lightly with egg wash.
  14. bake until golden.

Full of crisp, buttery flaked pastry and rich spinach filling, this appetizer is a hit! Spanakopita Bites - buttery phyllo with a spinach and cheese filling, super simple to do. I realized I needed to share some of my favorite Greek recipes. I learned to make spanakopita, the Greek spinach and feta casserole encased in filo dough, from a variety of sources — even without the benefit of a Greek grandmother by my side. Spanakopita is a famous traditional Greek recipe which consists of a phyllo dough based pie stuffed with spinach and herbs.

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