Spanikopita Triangles
1 pkg filo dough
1 Tbs olive oil
2 lbs fresh spinach - washed trimmed and roughly chopped
8 green onions
4 Tbs fresh dill
12 oz feta cheese - crumbled
2 eggs - beaten
Salt and pepper
1/2 c pine nuts - toasted
1 stick butter - melted
- Saute spinach and onions
- Drain water thoroughly (wring out in small batches with hands). Let
cool slightly.
- Add feta cheese, eggs, salt pepper and pine nuts. Refrigerate.
- Unroll philo and place perpendicular to the edge of the counter
- Cover with towel uitl ready to work.
- Using a ruler and pastry wheel, score the file lengthwise every three
inches. You will have three 3 inch strips.
- Brush with melted butter.
- Place a small dollop of spinach misture on the file about 2 inches
from the edge on the left side of the strip. You will see a triangle.
- Lift the lower left point and flip over the upper left side. Now take
the lower left corner and flip over to the right (like folding a flag).
- Continue until the first spanikopita is formed. Place this triangle
in a greased 13 x 9 baking dish.
- Repeat the process until you fill in the pan. Keep the piles of
unfilled filo covered until you get to them.
- The pan will have 24 pieces if done correctly.
- Brush the tops with butter. Bake for 25 minutes or unitl golden.