Recipe: Yummy Greek spinach pie

Greek spinach pie. In a medium bowl, mix together eggs, ricotta, and feta. Lay another sheet of phyllo dough on top, brush with olive oil, and repeat process with two more sheets of phyllo. Spanakopita is a delicious savory Greek pie made of perfectly crispy layers of phyllo dough and a comforting filling of spinach and feta cheese.

Before I bake it, I score the pastry with a knife so the baked squares will be easy to cut out of the pan for serving. It bakes up so perfectly, and the scored square servings naturally kind of pull apart as it bakes. Greek spinach pie with feta cheese (spanakopita) is made with flaky phyllo sheets layered with a savory spinach and feta cheese filling. You can cook Greek spinach pie using 12 ingredients and 6 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Greek spinach pie

1. It's of filo (contain 7 sheets).
2. It's of feta not very soft.
3. It's of greek thick yogurt.
4. Prepare of parmesan grated.
5. Prepare of dill.
6. It's of spinach.
7. It's of diced leeks.
8. You need of fresh onions.
9. You need of onion.
10. You need of eggs.
11. It's of Salt and pepper.
12. You need of Oil for the filo.

Spanakopita can be made as a "pie" or pita, or as individual phyllo triangles. Remove the pan from the heat and allow to cool somewhat. Nobody would argue that Greeks know something about pies. Spanakopita, or a Greek Spinach Pie, is one of their most famous creations.

Greek spinach pie step by step

1. Shimmer without oil the spinach and the leeks till get soft. We put them in a strainer to take all the water out..
2. In a bowl we put the feta, parmesan, yogurt, dill, salt, pepper and eggs and we mix till the feta becomes crumbly..
3. We pass in a fry pan the onions and we add some oil (1 tsp) the spinach and leeks. We cook them for 2 minutes in low heat. After we put them in strainer in order to cool down.
4. When they will be in a good temperature (room temperature) we mix them with the cheeses and yogurt..
5. We take the tray pan we put some oil at the bottom in order not to get sticky the filo. We put 3 filo sheets at the bottom (every filo sheets we put little oil so they get crunchy), we put the spinach filling and we spread in the tray evenly. Then we put one filo sheet above the filling, some oil and again some filing. After the second filling we put the 3 remaining filo sheets (and again in between sheets some oil)..
6. In the preheated oven of 180 degrees in the air we put the tray for around 45 minutes. After 15 minutes take the tray and with a knife cut the first filo in a square design in order to allow even cooking for all filo sheets. Check with a fork after 30 minutes to see if its cooked. If your oven is strong then low the heat in order to cook till the base the pita. Enjoyyyyy !!!!.

Flaky and crispy phyllo dough layers and a creamy spinach & feta filling. It's a savory Greek pie, similar to a quiche, with a flaky crust. It's also often called spanakopita pie. The traditional filling includes chopped spinach, feta cheese, onions or scallions, egg, and seasoning. In most spinach pie recipes, the crust is made out of a layere phyllo pastry dough.