Recipe Category: Side-Dish
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Ingredients
- recipe for: Spanakopita Me Avga Spinach Pie Eggs
- Serving Size : 6
- 3 pounds spinach
- 1 onion, medium – chopped
- 1/2 cup scallions – chopped
- 1 cup butter
- 1/2 cup dill – chopped
- 1/2 cup parsley – chopped
- salt and pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup evaporated milk
- 5 egg
- 3/4 pound phyllo pastry
- melted butter as needed
- 1/2 pound feta cheese – crumbled
Method
- Wash spinach in plenty of water and cut in small pieces; place in bowl.
- Salt lightly; stir to spread salt evenly.
- Take spinach, a handful at a time, and squeeze out the excess water; place it in another bowl.
- Saute the onion in half the butter until it is a light, golden color; add the scallions and cook until they wilt.
- Add spinach; stir until all vegs take on a light color
- Stir in the dill, parsley, salt and pepper; cover the pot and cook until all the water thrown off by the spinach is absorbed.
- Remove from the heat; turn into a bowl, and immediately add the milk (to cool the spinach).
- Beat the eggs in another bowl and add the cheese to them; add to the cooled spinach; mix well.
- Line a pan with 8 sheets of phyllo dough, brushing each sheet with the melted butter before topping it with the next sheet.
- Do not trim the overhanging sections.
- Pour in the spinach mixture, spreading it evenly over the phyllo.
- Fold the part of the phyllo that extends out of the pan back over the filling.
- Lay the remaining phyllo on top, again brushing each sheet with melted butter before adding the next.
- Now trim the overlap.
- Brush additional melted butter on top of the pie and score it into square or diamond-shaped serving pieces.
- Bake for 30 to 45 min in a preheated 300 F oven; let it stand for 30 min before serving
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