What's next from the land of Olympia? SPANAKOPITA

[MrScorpio]

Ingredients:

* One pack of very thin 'fílo' pastry (obtained from a specialist deli)
* 1 Kg / 2 lb of spinach, either frozen or fresh
* 1 kg / 2 lb of féta cheese
* 250g / 1/2lb of butter or margarine
* 2 cloves of garlic or garlic power

If the spinach is raw, cook and slice thinly. If frozen, defrost. In either case, mix the féta cheese with the spinach to make a mixture, adding the chopped arlic. Spread some butter on an oven tray. Open the fílo package and place each thin pastry (it is as thin as paper) on the tray, buttering each one using a brush. After you have done 8 fílo slices, place the spinach/féta mixture and spread over the entire oven tray, covering the 8 pastry slices. On top of this, place the remaining pastry slices, buttering each one of them as well. Notch the last one creating 2 inch (5 cm) on a side, squares. Place in a medium heat oven and cook till brown.



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[havocmom]

1. Yee haw! Thanks for this one, MrScorpio!

oh boy oh boy oh boy.... and me with a mess of spinach in the garden and
feta in the fridge!

[MrScorpio]

3. The key is the pastry

Have fun on your field trip

[Renew Deal]

2. Spanakopita is very good, but a little tough to make.

I b=usually just buy the frozen one at the store.

[supernova]

4. It's worth it to by the frozen phyllo dough

I tried to make phyllo once. Never again.

[MrScorpio]

5. Perfect suggestion

Get the frozen phyllo

[mojowork_n]

6. Or, if like me, you have trouble boiling water for spaghetti

...You can go to just about any Greek restaurant and order yourself a slice. (Including those deli's where the sign has the word "Gyro", or for that matter; most Serbian and other Balkan restaurants and deli's.)