Spanakopita
Greek filo pie filled with spinach, feta, herbs and egg, baked until crisp and golden.
lunch
Time—
Yield4 portions
Energy322 kcal
Components0
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
- Prep
- Squeeze out the spinach very well
- Body cooked:
- Heat the oil to medium
- Add the onion, cook 7 minutes until soft
- Add the garlic, cook 1 minute
- Remove from heat and allow to cool a little
- Body
- Mix the cooked with remaining body
- Assembly
- Brush the bottoms and sides of the dish with some oil
- Base: place a sheet in the dish, brush with oil; repeat until the base filo is all used
- Spread the filling over the dough
- Top: place the remaining sheets, brushed with oil, until all filo is used. Brush the top with oil
- Fold or trim the edges
- Score the top into portions without cutting fully through the base
- Bake at 160C for 1 hour - until the top is crisp and golden brown
- Rest for at least 15 minutes
Nutrition details
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| Nutrition | Per portion | Batch total |
|---|---|---|
| Calories | 322 | 1287 |
| Protein | 16.8 | 67.1 |
| Carbohydrates | 20.0 | 80.0 |
| Total Sugars | 3.7 | 15.0 |
| Free Sugars | 0.5 | 2.1 |
| Fat | 18.5 | 73.8 |
| Saturated Fat | 8.3 | 33.2 |
| Fibre | 4.5 | 18.1 |
| Alcohol | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Salt | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| Iron | 4.88 | 19.5 |
| Calcium | 415 | 1660 |
| Vitamin B12 | 1.22 | 4.89 |
| Omega 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Magnesium | 120 | 479 |
| Potassium | 586 | 2340 |
| Caffeine | 0 | 0 |
| Cost | £1.37 | £5.50 |