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Spinach Pie (Spanikopita)

Prep Time25 minutes
Cook Time40 minutes
Total Time1 hour 5 minutes
Course: Appetizer, Lunch, Main Course
Cuisine: Greek, Mediterranean, vegetarian
Keyword: spinach, vegetarian

Ingredients

  • 1 lb frozen spinach (or two pounds fresh spinach cooked down)
  • 3 teaspoon dill
  • 2 garlic cloves chopped
  • 1 medium yellow or white onion chopped
  • 10 oz feta cheese
  • 2 eggs
  • 16 oz package filo dough
  • ¼ cup olive oil
  • salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

  • Team Task: 1 tablespoon olive oil in a sauté pan and turn on to medium. Cook onion for 8 minutes or until translucent. Add garlic and spinach. Cook until spinach is wilted and soft. Remove from heat and squeeze out water in a colander.
  • Kidtastic! Place spinach mixture in a bowl and add dill, parsley, feta cheese and eggs. Mix until well combined.
  • Kidtastic! Rub olive oil all around the bottom and sides of a 9 ½” x 13” baking dish.
  • Team Task: Unwrap phyllo dough and place between two damp paper towels **phyllo dough is very fragile and breaks really easily. Not a problem for the dish, but the damp paper towels help it stay pliable and keep it from drying out.
  • Team Task: Line the bottom of the baking dish with two sheets of the phyllo letting them cover the sides. Brush with olive oil to keep moist. Add two more and repeat until ⅔ of the phyllo dough is gone. As evenly as possible, add the spinach mixture over the top of the phyllo. Top the spinach mixture with remaining phyllo, two at a time brushing with olive oil in the same manner as before. If any phyllo comes over the sides, fold it down and add more olive oil to it.
  • Parent task: Bake at 325 degrees F for 40 minutes or until phyllo is golden brown and crispy.