Spanokopitta

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Level: Easy

Ingredients

  1. 2 (12-ounce bags) spinach
  2. 2 bunches scallions
  3. 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese
  4. 2 tablespoons dill
  5. 2 tablespoons olive oil (be liberal)
  6. Nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste
  7. 21 sheets Phyllo
  8. 1 1/2 cups plus 1/4 stick of butter

Instructions

  1. Wilt spinach using only the water clinging to the leaves for about 5 minutes. Cool, squeeze (not too much) and coarsely chop.
  2. Saute 2 bunches of scallions, minced, in 1/4 stick butter (15 minutes). Add to spinach, along with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons dill, 2 tablespoons olive oil (be liberal), nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste. Line a square baking pan with 7 sheets Phyllo pastry (brushing each sheet with butter – 1 1/2 cups in all). Add 1/2 spinach mixture, fold overhang over top. Repeat process with 7 more buttered sheets and remaining 1/2 spinach mixture. Top pan with 7 more buttered sheets and fold overhang. Brush top with butter.
  3. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake at 400 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes.
  4. Wilt spinach using only the water clinging to the leaves for about 5 minutes. Cool, squeeze (not too much) and coarsely chop.
  5. Saute 2 bunches of scallions, minced, in 1/4 stick butter (15 minutes). Add to spinach, along with 1/4 cup Parmesan cheese, 2 tablespoons dill, 2 tablespoons olive oil (be liberal), nutmeg, pepper and salt to taste. Line a square baking pan with 7 sheets Phyllo pastry (brushing each sheet with butter – 1 1/2 cups in all). Add 1/2 spinach mixture, fold overhang over top. Repeat process with 7 more buttered sheets and remaining 1/2 spinach mixture. Top pan with 7 more buttered sheets and fold overhang. Brush top with butter.
  6. Cover and bake at 350 degrees for 30 minutes. Uncover and bake at 400 degrees for 5 to 10 minutes.

 

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