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Spanakopita

Spanakopita - Greek Spinach Pies

Course Appetizer
Cuisine Mediterranean
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 20 minutes
Servings 10 pies

Ingredients

  • 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
  • 15-16 ounces Fresh Spinach, chopped
  • 1/2 cup Green Onion, chopped
  • 1/2 cup Sweet Onion, diced small
  • 4 cloves Garlic
  • 1 cup Feta Cheese
  • 1/2 cup Ricotta Cheese
  • 1/4 cup Fresh Dill, chopped
  • 1/4 cup Fresh Parsley, chopped
  • 1 Tablespoon Lemon Juice
  • 1 Egg, beaten
  • 1 teaspoon Kosher Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Pepper
  • 20 sheets Phyllo Dough, or
  • 45 cups Mini Phyllo Dough Cups

Instructions

  1. Note: If using frozen phyllo dough sheet, read the package to find out how long before preparing you need to take them out of the freezer to thaw. The ones I use require 3 hours.

  2. Preheat the oven to 350° F.

  3. Heat 2 Tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. When the oil begins to shimmer, saute the green onions, sweet onion, and garlic until soft, about 2-3 minutes.

  4. Add half of the spinach. As that cooks down, be sure to stir often so the onions and garlic don't burn.

  5. Once the first batch of spinach has cooked down, add the remaining spinach and allow it to cook down as well.

  6. Transfer the mixture to a medium mixing bowl.

  7. Add the feta cheese, ricotta cheese, dill, parsley, lemon juice, egg, salt, and pepper and mix until all ingredients are even mixed.

Instructions for Triangles Using Phyllo Dough Sheets

  1. Place one sheet of phyllo dough on a cutting board or flat surface. Using a basting brush, coat the sheet evenly with olive oil.

    Important: Phyllo dough sheets dry out super quick. Place a double layers of dry paper towels over the phyllo dough sheets and a double layer of damp paper towels over that. When you remove 1 sheet, recover the rest of the sheet until you're ready for the next one.

  2. Next, add another sheet on top of the first and coat with the olive oil. Repeat the same with the remaining 2 sheets. You should have 4 sheets total.

  3. Cut the stack of phyllo dough sheets down the middle lengthwise so you have 2 long even sheets.

  4. Scoop about 2 Tablespoons of the mixture to one end of each sheet. Fold the upper corner of the sheets over the mixture on a diagonal to form a triangle.

  5. Keep folding until the you come to the end of the sheet. You should have a wedge shape. Repeat the folding with the other half. Place both pies on the sheet pan.

  6. Prep a sheet pan with cooking spray or foil.

  7. Repeat the same process - steps 8-12 - with the remaining sheets of phyllo dough.

  8. Bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes until golden brown. Enjoy!

Instructions for Phyllo Dough Mini Cups

  1. Using a basting brush, oil each cup of a mini cupcake tray with olive oil.

  2. Place a mini cup in each hole and brush olive oil inside each cup.

  3. Spoon in enough spanakopita mix into each mini cup so that the mix is just level or slightly above. Sometimes the bottoms of the cups are pushed up. Those will sink down during the cooking.

  4. Cook in the oven for for 12 minutes.

  5. Depending on the size of your mini cupcake tray, you may have to cook these in batches.