Hello everybody, it is Jim, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, spanakopita with feta (spinach pie with feta cheese). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This will be really delicious.
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. This is an authentic, really rich pie stuffed with spinach, onions, cheeses and herbs that are all enfolded by crispy, flaky phyllo dough. Probably the best spanakopita video out there.
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To begin with this recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spanakopita with feta (spinach pie with feta cheese) using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Spanakopita with Feta (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese):
- Prepare 1 kilo Spinach rinsed
- Prepare 1/2 cup Dill
- Take 1/2 cup Parsley
- Prepare 1/2 cup Olive Oil
- Get 2 Medium size Onions diced
- Get 1 Large Leek chopped (I prefer using Leek)
- Get 1 1/2 cup Feta Cheese crumbled
- Get 1/2 cup Short White Grain Rice
- Make ready 1 tablespoon Sugar
- Prepare 1 package Phyllo Sheets or 2 Phyllo Dough
- Make ready 1 cup Milk
- Get 3 Eggs
- Prepare 1 teaspoon Cinnamon (optional)
- Prepare Salt
- Get Pepper
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. Traditional Greek spanakopita (spinach and feta cheese pie) by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis. Spinach, feta cheese, aromatics and youw own homemade phyllo dough!
Steps 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.
Traditional Greek spanakopita (spinach and feta cheese pie) by Greek chef Akis Petretzikis. Spinach, feta cheese, aromatics and youw own homemade phyllo dough! 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.
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