Ingredients (serves 4):
- 2 onions – sliced
- Knob of butter
- 2 garlic cloves – crushed and finely sliced
- 400-500g of spinach – roughly chopped
- Grated nutmeg
- 200g of feta cheese
- 2 eggs – beaten
- 4 large sheets filo pastry
Pre-heat the oven to 200 degrees C.
Melt the butter in a pan over a medium heat and slowly fry the onions until soft; for roughly 5 minutes. Add the garlic and cook for a further minute. Add the spinach a little at a time until you’ve added it all and it’s wilted. Cook until the spinach takes up any excess liquid and then pour into a bowl and allow to cool for a minute or so. Add the eggs and some grated nutmeg along with some salt and pepper to taste. Brake up the feta and mix everything together.
Melt a little extra butter ready for brushing the pastry. Grease a medium sized oven dish. Lay the first sheet of filo pastry in the oven dish and brush it with the melted butter, allowing the pastry to hang over the side of the dish. Keep adding the filo pastry sheets, alternating which way they face so that you have an even distribution ready for when you fold it over. Butter the pastry in between in layer.
Tip the spinach and feta mixture into the pastry lined dish and spread evenly around the dish. Brush the pastry lightly again if required and fold over the sheets to cover the mixture. Brush the top of the folded pastry with a final coating of melted butter and then place the whole thing into the oven for around 20-30 minutes.
Remove from the oven when the pastry is golden and crispy and leave to rest for a couple of minutes before serving. Lovely with some fresh salad and crustry bread. Enjoy!
0 Comments.