Spanakopita

Total Time: 35 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 20 mins

Ingredients

• 1 cup fresh spinach (leaves only and well packed)
• 1 teaspoon olive oil
• 3 green onions, chopped
• 2 tablespoons fresh dill, chopped
• 4 tablespoons feta cheese, crumbled
• 2 eggs, beaten
• salt, to taste
• black pepper
• 1/4 cup butter (melted)
• 6 sheets phyllo pastry
• 1 pinch ground nutmeg

Recipe

• 1 preheat oven to 375 degrees f & wash spinach and place in boiling salted water for about 3 minutes. drain and rinse in cold water. squeeze out all excess moisture and set it aside.
• 2 heat oil in a saucepan and add onion, spinach and dill. cook on high for 3 minutes until onions soften. remove and cool. combine the cooled spinach mixture with feta, eggs and salt and pepper. set aside.
• 3 work with one sheet of phyllo at a time. cut each sheet of phyllo into 5 long, equal strips. brush one strip with melted butter. cover with a second strip and butter again. lay strip down vertically in front of you. spoon a heaping teaspoon of filling in bottom corner of strip. fold over in half diagonally creating a triangle. continue folding over into triangular shape until you reach end of strip. repeat with remaining strips. brush tops with a little more butter. place triangles on a baking sheet and bake for about 15 minutes until golden.