You'll be crazy about our quick take on spanakopita. Plated with a zesty tomato salad, this is an impressive dressy lunch or light dinner you can throw together with ease.
Ingredients
Pies:
- 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 (10-ounce) package frozen spinach, thawed
- 4 scallions, thinly sliced
- 3 large eggs
- 3/4 cup half-and-half
- 1 tablespoon plain bread crumbs
- 2 teaspoons crumbled dried mint
- 1 1/4 teaspoons kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
- Pinch cayenne pepper
- Freshly grated nutmeg
- 1/3 cup crumbled feta cheese
Greek Tomato Salad:
- 12 ounces mixed small tomatoes
- 2 to 3 pepperoncini, stemmed and chopped
- 2 tablespoons pitted kalamata olives, coarsely chopped
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- Kosher salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Directions
Position a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F. Heat olive oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Squeeze excess water out of spinach. Add spinach and scallions and cook, stirring, until dry, about 4 minutes. Transfer to a colander and press with the back of a spoon to remove the last bit of moisture. Brush 4 (6-ounce) ramekins with some olive oil and put on a baking sheet.
Put spinach mixture, eggs, half-and-half, bread crumbs, mint, salt, black and cayenne peppers, and nutmeg in a food processor and pulse until spinach is finely chopped. Remove blade and stir in feta cheese. Divide mixture evenly among ramekins. Bake until set around the edges but still slightly soft in the center, about 20 minutes. Turn oven off, leaving pies inside to set, about 5 minutes more.
Run a knife around edge of each pie and invert onto plates; spoon some tomato salad around each and serve.
Greek Tomato Salad:
Toss tomatoes with pepperoncini and olives in a salad bowl. Add olive oil, lemon juice, oregano, and salt and black pepper to taste. Toss again.
Shopsmart: Deep into summer, we stock up on heirloom tomatoes. Grown from the prized seeds of nearly forgotten varieties, these sweet, succulent beauties are a treat in a salad or simply sliced and sprinkled with salt.
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By Chef #858940
Guilford, CT
on December 01, 2012
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This was an easy and tasty recipe. I used non fat evaporated milk instead of half and half to keep the fat content down. The tomato salad is key since the spinach is a bit sweet and needs the tang of the tomatoes. I dusted the ramekins with bread crumbs after I greased them for easy removal.
By VeggieInMD
on June 05, 2012
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Easy and tasty. I used frozen chopped spinach and skipped the food-processor step. I also added chopped sundried tomatoes. It was a little salty so next time I'll use less salt. Overall, simple and yummy!
By boriscasey
on March 11, 2012
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Dynamite, love spinach pie and this was easy and delish. I did cut back on the salt and added some parmesan. I also dusted the ramekins with parm after I buttered them.
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