Spanakopita (veg) traditional Greek pastry

Shikha Vijay
Shikha Vijay @Shikhavijay1264
Mumbai

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It's a traditional Greek pastry(also widely known as "spinach pie")made from layers of flaky,golden phyllo dough, spinach, cheeses and butter)

Spanakopita (veg) traditional Greek pastry

#nonindian
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It's a traditional Greek pastry(also widely known as "spinach pie")made from layers of flaky,golden phyllo dough, spinach, cheeses and butter)

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Ingredients

  1. 10phyllo pastry sheets
  2. 1 bunchspinach rinsed, drained and chopped
  3. 1Onions diced
  4. 4-5 clovesgarlic chopped
  5. 1 tbspolive oil
  6. 1spring onion chopped
  7. 100 gramscottage cheese
  8. 1/2 Cupmelted Butter
  9. 1 tbspblack pepper
  10. 1 tbspmix herbs
  11. to tasteSalt

Cooking Instructions

  1. 1

    Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
    Grease a square baking tray with cooking spray.
    Heat olive oil in a pan over medium heat. Saute onion, green onions, and garlic until softened and just starting to turn colour Add chopped spinach.

  2. 2

    Saute until spinach is warmed, about 2 minutes or so. add salt,black pepper and mixed herbs.add cottage cheese. Keep aside.

  3. 3

    Melt the butter in a small sauce pan. Layer one sheet of phyllo into the prepared Grease tray. lightly brushing with the melted butter Now, repeat with 4 more sheets. fanning them in the tray so they overlap. Add the spinach mixture and spread evenly.

  4. 4

    Fold in all four corners of the phyllo. you can layer the 5 remaining sheets (buttered in between each sheet) and just neatly tuck in the edges.
    Bake in preheated oven for 20-25 minutes. If the top is browning too quickly, cover loosely with foil mid-way through the baking process. The top should be golden and the filling warm inside.
    Test with a knife.Let stand for 5-10 minutes before cutting and serving.

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