Spanikopita

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Total Time:
30 min
Prep
15 min
Cook
15 min
Yield:
4 servings
Level:
Intermediate
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Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons extra-virgin olive oil, half a turn of the pan
  • 1 small onion, finely chopped
  • 1 (10-ounce) package frozen chopped spinach, defrosted and squeezed dry
  • Salt and pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg, ground or freshly grated
  • 4 ounces feta with black pepper or plain feta, crumbled into tiny bits
  • 1 egg, beaten
  • 3 tablespoons sour cream
  • 4 (13 by 17-inch) sheets, defrosted phyllo pastry dough
  • 3 tablespoons melted butter

Directions

Place oven rack in center of the oven and preheat to 400 degrees F.

Preheat a small pan over medium to medium high heat. Add oil and onion and saute 5 minutes. Place onion in a bowl. Add chopped dry, defrosted spinach and season with salt, pepper and nutmeg. Add feta to the bowl and combine it with spinach. Add beaten egg and sour cream to the bowl and combine with cheese, spinach and onion.

On a large work surface, place 1 sheet of phyllo. Paint half of the sheet with a little melted butter, paying extra attention to your perimeter. Fold sheet in half. Pile 1/4 of your spinach mixture into a log shape working 2 inches from bottom and each side. Tuck bottom up and fold both sides in, then roll and wrap upwards until you reach the edge of the dough sheet. Each pastry will resemble an egg roll. Paint the seam and the ends of the roll with butter and set roll seam side down on a cookie sheet. Repeat and make 4 rolls. Bake 15 minutes or until lightly golden all over and serve.

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  • on January 07, 2012

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    Fabulous and easy!

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  • on December 17, 2011

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    This is a regular installment in my menus! It's easy to do, healthy and delicious. If I don't have sour cream on hand, I use plain yogurt. If I don't have either, I just don't add it. We like feta, so I add a bit more than she calls for. It's delicious as written, though.

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  • on December 03, 2010

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    The phyllo dough was very messy but you can use butter to fix the broken pieces. Overall, very tasty.

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