Spanakopita - Greek Spinach-feta Strudel

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1000 g fresh spinach, chopped (or 600g frozen)
• 200 g puff pastry (one large sheet, or phyllo dough)
• 250 g ricotta cheese
• 200 g feta cheese (small cubes)
• 50 g chopped walnuts (or almonds, or pine nuts)
• 1 large red onion (chopped)
• 5 -6 garlic cloves
• 1 dash nutmeg
• 1/2 teaspoon vegetable broth, granules
• 1 tablespoon olive oil
• 1 tablespoon melted butter
• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

Recipe

• 1 heat oil in a large frying pan (or skillet) and add chopped onion and minced garlic (adjust amount to your taste).
• 2 let fry until translucent.
• 3 add chopped spinach and let wilt.
• 4 season with nutmeg, vegetable broth granules, salt and pepper.
• 5 add ricotta cheese and stir to dissolve.
• 6 crumble walnuts to mixture.
• 7 add feta cubes and stir again.
• 8 let spinach filling cool for a couple of minutes.
• 9 meanwhile heat oven to 175°c and cover a baking tray with baking paper.
• 10 place puff pastry on baking tray and brush sides with melted butter.
• 11 pour cooled spinach mixture on pastry and cover two thirds of the pastry with mixture, leave half inch wide edges on the sides and bottom.
• 12 fold in bottom and sides and roll pastry to a strudel, seam side down.
• 13 brush with the rest of the melted butter.
• 14 bake for about 25minutes at 175°c until golden brown. after 15 minutes sprinkle strudel with sesame seeds.