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Spanikopita - 2005
Recipe courtesy of Joan Wozny's friend, Lynne Crossland
INGREDIENTS
PREPARATION
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in skillet over med-high heat, add onion and cook until tender. Add spinach and cook 4 minutes or until liquid evaporates. Remove from heat. Stir in cheeses, egg and garlic powder. Melt remaining butter in a bowl. Remove 2 phyllo sheets, leaving remaining dough covered with plastic wrap and dishtowel to keep from drying out. Brush sheets with butter; repeat with 2 more sheets of phyllo stacking each on top of the previous sheet. Cut stack crosswise into five 3-inch strips. Place about 2 Tbsp. spinach mix at the end of each strip and fold like a table football into a triangle. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all spinach is used up. Bake on parchment paper, at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until light golden.
Egg is optional. For simplicity, fill pre-baked phyllo shells with hot filling and serve!
- 1 package frozen spinach -- thawed and squeezed
- 8 ounces feta cheese -- crumbled
- 3 ounces cream cheese -- softened
- 1 large onion -- finely chopped
- 1 egg -- beaten
- ¼ teaspoon garlic powder
- 5 tablespoons butter -- I always need more!
- 1 package phyllo dough -- thawed
PREPARATION
Melt 1 tablespoon butter in skillet over med-high heat, add onion and cook until tender. Add spinach and cook 4 minutes or until liquid evaporates. Remove from heat. Stir in cheeses, egg and garlic powder. Melt remaining butter in a bowl. Remove 2 phyllo sheets, leaving remaining dough covered with plastic wrap and dishtowel to keep from drying out. Brush sheets with butter; repeat with 2 more sheets of phyllo stacking each on top of the previous sheet. Cut stack crosswise into five 3-inch strips. Place about 2 Tbsp. spinach mix at the end of each strip and fold like a table football into a triangle. Repeat steps 2 and 3 until all spinach is used up. Bake on parchment paper, at 350 degrees for about 20 minutes or until light golden.
Egg is optional. For simplicity, fill pre-baked phyllo shells with hot filling and serve!