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Spanakopita

Delicious flaky Greek pastries filled with spinach and cheese
Prep Time:40 minutes
Cook Time:20 minutes
Course: Appetizer
Cuisine: Greek
Keyword: Feta, Pastry, Spanakopita, Spinach
Servings: 10 triangles

Ingredients

  • 800 g spinach
  • 1 onion, diced
  • 4 garlic cloves, minced
  • 15 g (or a decent handful) dill
  • large handful parsley, chopped
  • 180 g feta cheese
  • Fillo/phyllo pastry sheets
  • butter, melted

Instructions

  • Blanch spinach in boiling water until wilted and immediately dunk in iced water (this retains the green colour). Squeeze out excess water from spinach as much as possible.
  • In a pan over medium heat, combine a drizzle of olive oil, onion and garlic, and cook until soft and translucent.
  • In a big bowl, combine the drained spinach, cooked onion and garlic, crumbled feta cheese, dill and parsley. Mix until well combined. Salt and pepper to taste (be careful, the feta is salty)
  • Preheat oven at 180C or 350F.
  • Unravel fillo sheets. Take one sheet and spread a light, even layer of melted butter on top. Place another sheet of fillo on top of the first buttered sheet and brush over another light layer of melted butter. Cut up the buttered fillo sheets into 3-4 strips, depending on how big you want your spanakopita to be. (Keep the roll of fillo covered while you’re working on each sheet to prevent drying out)
  • Place some of the filling mixture on one end of the strip and fold the strip onto itself to form triangles.
  • Place triangles onto a lined baking sheet and coat the tops with another layer of melted butter. Bake at 180C/350F for 20-30mins or until golden brown.