Greek Style Spinach Spanakopita Recipe

Name: Greek Style Spinach Spanakopita Recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 60 min
Total time: 70 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 1 cup Spinach (1 cup Spinach Leaves (Palak) washed); 1 cup Paneer (1 cup Paneer (Homemade Cottage Cheese) grated); 2 pieces Yellow Onion (2 Onions sliced); 3 cloves Garlic (3 cloves Garlic grated); 1 tsp Thyme (1 teaspoon Fresh Thyme leaves); 1 tsp Dried Oregano (1 teaspoon Dried oregano); 1 cup All-Purpose Flour (1 cup All Purpose Flour (Maida)); ½ cup Butter (1/2 cup Butter (Salted)); 0 pieces Table Salt (Salt to taste)

Greek Style Spinach Spanakopita Recipe - Continental Party Appetizer & Starter Recipes (Greek)

70 minGreek

Servings4

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Steps

1We begin making the Greek Style Spinach Spanakopita by kneading the dough for phyllo pastry, mix it along with water and knead it into a soft dough.
2Then to make the pie filling, heat a skillet, add oil, sauté garlic and onions till it is golden brown. In the mean while pre heat the oven at 180 degree Celsius for 10 minutes.
3Then add the spinach and crumbled paneer and sauté till it is cooked, season it with salt, thyme, oregano. Cook till is combined well.
4Roll out the phyllo dough to very thin, place it on the pie mold and trim off the extra dough from the edges, using a fork prick three times and bake it in the oven 5 minutes.
5In the mean while with the remaining dough, roll into a book fold for around 3 times and then finally roll it very thinly.
6Then add the filling into the pie shell after it is baked, Add the remaining rolled out dough on top of the pie and seal it. Bake the pie for about 45 minutes till it is golden brown. You can glaze it with honey just before 5 minutes of baking to give it a golden texture.
7Serve the Greek-Style Spinach Spanakopita Recipe as a party Appetizer along with Creamy Polentaand Herbed Vegetables In Roasted Bell Pepper Sauce