Recipe

Spanakopita

Greek filo pie filled with spinach, feta, herbs and egg, baked until crisp and golden.

lunch

Time—
Yield4 portions
Energy322 kcal
Components0
Contents

Ingredients

  • cooked filling
  • 10mloil, olive, regular
  • 1wholeonion≈ 150 g onionfinely chopped
  • 2clovegarlicminced
  • remaining filling
  • 600gspinach, frozenwell drained and squeezed out
  • 40gherb, parsley, freshfinely chopped
  • 2largeegg
  • 150gcheese, feta
  • 20gherb, dill, freshfinely chopped
  • 0.75tspspice, pepper
  • 1tsplemon zest≈ 0.308 whole lemon zest
  • 0.25tspspice, nutmeg
  • base
  • 3pastry, filo (sheet (Theos, Ready-Rolled))≈ 61.5 g pastry, filo
  • 10mloil, olive, regular
  • top
  • 2pastry, filo (sheet (Theos, Ready-Rolled))≈ 41 g pastry, filo
  • 5mloil, olive, regular
  • -25gpastry, filo

Instructions

Process

  1. Prep
    1. Squeeze out the spinach very well
  2. Body cooked:
    1. Heat the oil to medium
    2. Add the onion, cook 7 minutes until soft
    3. Add the garlic, cook 1 minute
    4. Remove from heat and allow to cool a little
  3. Body
    1. Mix the cooked with remaining body
  4. Assembly
    1. Brush the bottoms and sides of the dish with some oil
    2. Base: place a sheet in the dish, brush with oil; repeat until the base filo is all used
    3. Spread the filling over the dough
    4. Top: place the remaining sheets, brushed with oil, until all filo is used. Brush the top with oil
    5. Fold or trim the edges
    6. Score the top into portions without cutting fully through the base
  5. Bake at 160C for 1 hour - until the top is crisp and golden brown
  6. Rest for at least 15 minutes

Nutrition details

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NutritionPer portionBatch total
Calories3221287
Protein16.867.1
Carbohydrates20.080.0
Total Sugars3.715.0
Free Sugars0.52.1
Fat18.573.8
Saturated Fat8.333.2
Fibre4.518.1
Alcohol0.00.0
Salt1.14.4
Iron4.8819.5
Calcium4151660
Vitamin B121.224.89
Omega 300
Magnesium120479
Potassium5862340
Caffeine00
Cost£1.37£5.50