It's Pie Time Spinach and Feta Pie on the Menu Tonight

Spinach and Feta Pie or Spanankopita

Such a easy way to get the green vege into your kids

Often children find it hard to eat those dark leafy vegetables 

But mix it up with cheese, onion and eggs

Turn that into a pie, with crispy Filo Pastry and you are onto a winner

I used a 23 cm square pan, this amount of filling was enough for this size

Don’t forget to work quickly with the filo pastry as it drives out quickly

In fact keep a damp towel to put over it if you have to walk away

Family couldn't wait for me to take the photograph 

You need 

Olive oil

400 gms frozen spinach thawed

1 large onion diced

2 cloves garlic smashed and finely chopped

2 spring onions finely chopped

Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Nutmeg ground about 1/2 tsp

2 eggs lightly beaten

200 gms feta cheese crumbled

8 sheets Filo Pastry

Melted butter about 60 gms

Heat oven to 170C 

Put the thawed spinach in a tea towel 

and squeeze it to remove all the moisture  

Heat about 2 tablespoons Olive in in a pan

Medium heat

Add onion 

Sauté till tender

Add garlic and spring onions 

Continue over the heat about 2-3 minutes don’t let it brown

Add the spinach

and cook for about 4-5 minutes

Season with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

Add a little freshly grated nutmeg

Cool 

Meanwhile lightly beat the eggs

Add feta cheese and mix well

Season with a little sea salt and freshly ground black pepper 

Add spinach mixture

Your filling is ready to go

Remove your filo from the wrapper and lay on a damp towel 

It’s important that the pastry doesn’t dry out 

Brush the first layer with melted butter 

Lay in buttered tin 

Butter the next sheet and repeat till you have 4 layers

Add your cooled spinach mixture 

Then butter another sheet and lay on top

and repeat with another 3 layers

Fold the edges in

Brush top with little more melted butter

Score the top with a sharp knife

Bake at 170C for about an hour

By then the pastry will be golden and crispy

Below The Cross section, sorry about the photo I need a proper camera ha ha

We had some ketchup on the side

Lunch is served

A little salad on the side to round it out perhaps, if you feel like it