Spanakopita (Greek Spinach Pie)

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Total Time:
4 hr 15 min
Prep
50 min
Inactive
2 hr 0 min
Cook
1 hr 25 min
Yield:
about 10 to 12 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

For the dough:

For the spinach filling:

  • 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil, plus additional for greasing the baking pan
  • 6 cups chopped onion (about 3 medium onions)
  • 3/4 cup uncooked long-grain white rice
  • 4 1/2 pounds fresh spinach (about 3 bunches), stemmed
  • 2 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon freshly ground pepper
  • 3/4 cup finely chopped flat-leaf parsley
  • 1/4 cup plus 2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh dill
  • 3 scallions (white and green), chopped
  • 1 1/2 cups crumbled feta
  • 1 egg beaten with 1 teaspoon water, for egg wash

Directions

In a food processor, pulse the flour and salt until combined. Add the shortening and pulse until the mixture resembles cornmeal mixed with pea-sized bits, about 10 times. While the motor is running, drizzle in the water until a dough forms.

Form the dough into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 1 hour.

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.

Grease a 9 by 13-inch baking pan. Divide the dough in half; press half the dough up and around the inside of the pan. Set the remaining dough aside covered with plastic wrap.

Line the pan with foil and fill with dried beans. Bake the dough for 20 minutes and remove the beans and foil. Continue baking the crust until golden brown, about 10 minutes more. Let the pan cool on a rack.

Meanwhile, make the spinach filling: Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 6 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes. Add the spinach, little by little (adding more as the previous batch wilts), and cook, stirring, until completely wilted. Season with the salt and pepper and stir in the parsley, dill, and scallions.

Drain the spinach mixture in a colander in the sink and let cool.

Once the spinach is cool, stir in the feta and spread the mixture into the crust. Roll the remaining dough out on a well-floured surface, into a rectangle large enough to cover the baking pan. Top the spinach with the dough and pinch around the sides to seal. Score the top of the pie in the center, brush the surface of the dough with egg wash, and bake until golden brown, about 40 minutes.

Remove the pie from the oven, let cool, cut into squares and serve.

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  • on April 10, 2012

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    This pie was perfection! The flavors were exquisite and no one would know I had baked it myself unless I divulged the truth! This was my first time using Phyllo frozen dough and it will definitely not be the last. Thanks Ina for making another everyday meal into something so easy, yet spectacular, that we will be serving it to family and friends for years to come! And you know what else? My husband is extra courteous after watching your husbands courtesy and appreciate for his wife's home cooking outstanding meals. : Thank you Jeffery!

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  • on March 06, 2012

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    Awesome great job!!!!!!!

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  • on May 03, 2010

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    This dish was so savory. As many of us are striving to do, I am eating healthier. My family loved this and I'm sure will be requesting it in the furture. I did not make the crust because I had already purchased the phyllo. However, I would much rather eat the savory crust which can be made of whole grain than the bleached and enriched phyllo. I was thinking "WTF?" from the previous wtf? comment. Thank you, Cat! Please keep 'em coming.

    Happier and Healthier.

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