This recipe is best made with a friend, so grab your mom, your daughter, your husband, your brother, your next door neighbor, or a puppy. Don’t grab a cat though. They can be rather difficult to herd. You can freeze the triangles until ready to bake, so feel free to make them several days (weeks!) ahead.
| Servings | Prep Time |
| 18 triangles | 30 minutes |
| Cook Time |
| 30 minutes |
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This recipe is best made with a friend, so grab your mom, your daughter, your husband, your brother, your next door neighbor, or a puppy. Don’t grab a cat though. They can be rather difficult to herd. You can freeze the triangles until ready to bake, so feel free to make them several days (weeks!) ahead.
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Ingredients
- olive oil
- 5 green onions , sliced thinly
- 1 lb frozen spinach (chopped), thawed
- 1 egg
- 8 oz feta cheese , crumbled
- 1/4 tsp ground nutmeg
- pepper
- 1 lb phyllo dough
- 8 Tbsp butter , melted (for brushing)
Servings: triangles
Units:
Instructions
Prepare the filling:
- Start by cooking the green onions in a little olive oil until softened. Add in the chopped spinach. Cook until all the moisture evaporates and the pan is dry. Season liberally with pepper and nutmeg. Do not add salt – the feta is salty enough!
- Remove from heat and let cool to lukewarm. Add in one egg, beaten.
- Next, toss in the creamy white feta cheese. Mash the feta into the spinach until broken up into small pieces and evenly distributed.
To assemble:
- Cut phyllo into 4″ wide strips. They should be about 12″ long (this is the short length on a standard box of phyllo). Brush a strip of dough with melted butter. Add another strip. Brush with butter. Add a third strip and brush with butter. Then mound a heaping spoonful of filling onto the upper right corner of the phyllo dough. Stay about an inch from the edges.
- Fold the phyllo over the filling, making a triangle shape.
- Continue folding the dough down, over itself, until a neat little packet is formed. Brush the top with butter and pack onto a cookie sheet. Keep covered so they don’t dry out. Freeze on the cookie sheet, then bag. This will keep them from sticking to each other in the bag.
- Bake frozen spanakopita in an oven preheated to 350F for 30 minutes, or until golden brown.