Spanakopita with Feta  (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese)

Steps Cook Recipes Spanakopita with Feta  (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese) using 15 ingredients and 3 steps

Spanakopita with Feta  (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese) - Greek spinach pie with feta cheese (spanakopita) is made with flaky phyllo sheets layered with a savory spinach and feta cheese filling. Spanakopita pronounced spah-nah-KO-pee-tah is a favorite appetizer, meal, and snack not only in Greece but around the globe. Go into any bakery in Greece and you will find this wonderful pie, made with spinach and feta surrounded by crunchy and crispy phyllo. For me, the perfect spanakopita involves beautiful wilted spinach, woven with a variety of cheese. In Greece, they use a nice salty hard sheeps/goats-milk cheese called Kefalotiri.

S. so you can sub in parmesan, romano or pecorino or a mix of those.

Extra virgin olive oil, for brushing.

You can have Spanakopita with Feta  (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese) using 15 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve that.

Ingredients cook Spanakopita with Feta  (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese)

1. Prepare 1 kilo Spinach rinsed.
2. You need 1/2 cup Dill.
3. You need 1/2 cup Parsley.
4. Prepare 1/2 cup Olive Oil.
5. You need 2 Medium size Onions diced.
6. It's 1 Large Leek chopped (I prefer using Leek).
7. Prepare 1 1/2 cup Feta Cheese crumbled.
8. It's 1/2 cup Short White Grain Rice.
9. You need 1 tablespoon Sugar.
10. You need 1 package Phyllo Sheets or 2 Phyllo Dough.
11. It's 1 cup Milk.
12. It's 3 Eggs.
13. You need 1 teaspoon Cinnamon (optional).
14. You need Salt.
15. You need Pepper.

Spanakopita with Feta  (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese) step by step

1. 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..
2. 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..
3. Baked at 180 degrees and until golden brown. Spanakopita can be eaten either hot or cold..

Spanakopita with Feta  (Spinach Pie with Feta Cheese) - Add a few large handfuls of the spinach and cook, tossing gently with tongs. As the spinach starts to wilt, add. Mix spinach, feta, cottage cheese, onion, parsley, dill and salt. Add beaten agges and combine well. Unfold the filo leaves and cut in half, crosswise. Wrap and refreeze one half of the filo. Cover the other half of the filo with a damp towel. Thank you and good luck