Spanakopetes (my In-law's Spinach Poopies)

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• 6 -8 green onions, finely chopped
• 1/4 cup extra virgin olive oil
• 1 lb fresh spinach, washed and finely chopped
• 1/2 lb ricotta cheese or 1/2 lb cream cheese
• 1/2 lb feta cheese, crumbled
• 2 eggs
• 1/3 cup dry breadcrumbs, finely ground
• 1/2 cup parmesan cheese, freshly grated
• 1 dash pepper
• 3 tablespoons fresh parsley, finely chopped
• 1/8 teaspoon nutmeg
• 1/2 lb phyllo dough
• 3/4 cup butter, melted

Recipe

• 1 in a large frying pan saute onions in olive oil until limp.
• 2 add spinach and cook over medium high heat just until limp.
• 3 remove from heat and let cool slightly.
• 4 in a medium bowl, beat together ricotta or cream cheese, feta, eggs, bread crumbs, parmesan, pepper, parsley, and nutmeg.
• 5 stir in sauteed vegetables.
• 6 lightly grease several baking sheets.
• 7 when you work with fila dough you must work fast so that it doesn't dry out so gather your fila, spinach filling, melted butter and baking sheet around a flat work surface.
• 8 dampen a tea towel and wring out the moisture so that it isn't wet - just damp.
• 9 lay out one sheet of fial at a time - keep remaining fila covered the damp tea towel and/or clear plastic film.
• 10 cut the one sheet into strips 3-inches wide and about 12-inches long.
• 11 brush each strip lightly with the melted butter.
• 12 place a rounded teaspoon of spinach-ceese filling on one end of a fila strip and fold over one corner.
• 13 continue folding from side to side, making a triangle.
• 14 place on the baking sheet.
• 15 proceed in this manner, making pastry triangles with remaining fila and filling.
• 16 brush tops of triangles with melted butter.
• 17 bake at 350f for 15 minutes, or until goldn brown.
• 18 serve hot.
• 19 they can be made ahead and frozen. when i do this i cook them for only 10 minutes - a pale golden - so that they get darker when reheated.
• 20 to freeze, let cool and freeze on a tray so that triangles are not touching.
• 21 when frozen, they can be moved to an airtight container and frozen for up to a month.
• 22 when ready to serve, remove from the freezer the number you want and thaw.
• 23 reheat in a 350f oven for 15 minutes or until hot through and crispy.