If you're looking for a delicious and easy-to-make pie recipe, look no further than spinach feta and filo pie. This classic Greek dish is made with layers of phyllo dough filled with a mixture of spinach, feta cheese, and eggs. It's perfect for a light lunch or dinner, and it can be served hot or cold. The combination of flavors and textures in this pie is sure to please everyone at the table.
Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!
SPINACH AND FETA FILO PIE
This vegetarian spinach and feta filo pie recipe is budget-friendly, costing around £1.50 per person to make.
Provided by delicious. magazine
Categories Filo pastry recipes
Time 45m
Yield Serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 10
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 180°C/fan160°C/gas 4. Wilt the spinach in a large pan over a low heat. Allow to cool, then drain well, squeezing out the excess liquid with your hands.
- Melt a knob of butter in a frying pan and add the onion. Cook for 5 minutes, until soft. Stir in the garlic and cook for a further minute.
- Remove from the heat and add to a bowl with the spinac, feta, pine nuts and eggs. Mix together and season well. Spoon into the base of a 1-litre baking dish.
- Brush 4-6 filo pastry sheets with melted butter, lightly scrunch and lay over the spinach mixture. Sprinkle with ½ tsp caraway seeds and bake in the oven for 25-30 minutes, until the pastry is crisp and golden.
- Serve with a juicy tomato and red onion salad.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 419kcals, Fat 31.7g (11.9g saturated), Protein 21.5g, Carbohydrate 12.2g (4.8g sugar)
QUICK & EASY SPINACH AND FETA PHYLLO PIE
I got this recipe in my email yesterday and made it immediately. We had it for dinner, but it would be wonderful for brunch. Although the original recipe did not call for reduced fat dairy products, using them makes this a nice and healthy dish. I used nonfat cottage cheese and full fat feta. The recipe is from Crisco. Cook time does not include standing time - the recipe suggests allowing it to stand 15 minutes before cutting, but mine was plenty firm after just five.
Provided by Vino Girl
Categories Savory Pies
Time 55m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350°F Spray an 8x8 glass baking dish with the cooking spray.
- In a medium bowl, stir together everything except the phyllo.
- Lay one sheet of phyllo in the baking dish, allowing the edges to hang over the sides of the dish.
- Spray with cooking spray.
- Repeat with 4 more sheets of phyllo, spraying and alternating the direction of each sheet.
- Spoon spinach mixture on top of the prepared phyllo in the pan.
- Spray and layer remaining 5 sheets just the same as you did before.
- Roll edges of dough to form a rim.
- Spray the top.
- Bake for 35-45 minutes or until golden brown.
- Let stand 5-15 minutes before cutting and serving.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 352.6, Fat 15, SaturatedFat 6.9, Cholesterol 214.1, Sodium 1094.3, Carbohydrate 34.9, Fiber 5.4, Sugar 3.1, Protein 21.2
SPANAKOPITA (GREEK SPINACH PIE)
This is an authentic, really rich pie stuffed with spinach, onions, cheeses and herbs that are all enfolded by crispy, flaky phyllo dough.
Provided by SILVERWOLF
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Greek
Time 1h30m
Yield 5
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Lightly oil a 9x9 inch square baking pan.
- Heat 3 tablespoons olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Saute onion, green onions and garlic, until soft and lightly browned. Stir in spinach and parsley, and continue to saute until spinach is limp, about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool.
- In a medium bowl, mix together eggs, ricotta, and feta. Stir in spinach mixture. Lay 1 sheet of phyllo dough in prepared baking pan, and brush lightly with olive oil. Lay another sheet of phyllo dough on top, brush with olive oil, and repeat process with two more sheets of phyllo. The sheets will overlap the pan. Spread spinach and cheese mixture into pan and fold overhanging dough over filling. Brush with oil, then layer remaining 4 sheets of phyllo dough, brushing each with oil. Tuck overhanging dough into pan to seal filling.
- Bake in preheated oven for 30 to 40 minutes, until golden brown. Cut into squares and serve while hot.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 494.1 calories, Carbohydrate 31.5 g, Cholesterol 100.3 mg, Fat 34.7 g, Fiber 7.4 g, Protein 18.2 g, SaturatedFat 11.5 g, Sodium 893.9 mg, Sugar 5.4 g
SPINACH PHYLLO PIE
Serve this savory Greek pastry as part of an appetizer table at a gathering.
Provided by Martha Stewart
Categories Food & Cooking Appetizers
Time 1h15m
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- In a medium pan, heat oil over medium-high. Add onion and cook until golden, about 4 minutes. Add garlic and cook until fragrant, 1 minute. Transfer to a large bowl.
- Return pan to heat. Working in batches, cook spinach, tossing, until wilted, about 1 minute. Drain spinach and let cool. Press out excess moisture, then roughly chop. Add spinach, feta, and raisins to bowl with onion and season filling with salt and pepper. (To store, refrigerate, up to 2 days.)
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Unroll phyllo. Place 1 sheet on a work surface (keep remaining sheets covered with a damp kitchen towel to prevent drying); brush with oil. Lay another sheet on top and brush with oil. Repeat until you have 10 layers of phyllo. Spread half of filling lengthwise down middle of phyllo stack. Roll into a log, brushing the seam with oil before sealing. Brush log with oil. Using a small sharp knife, make 8 diagonal cuts on top. Repeat with remaining phyllo and filling.
- Place logs, seam side down, on a parchment-lined baking sheet. Bake until deep golden brown, 45 to 50 minutes. Cut into slices along slashes. Serve warm or at room temperature.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 338 g, Fat 19 g, Fiber 7 g, Protein 9 g
CRISPY GREEK-STYLE PIE
A crispy pie that you can adapt for your needs, add chicken or keep it veggie. A good fail-safe for your repertoire
Provided by Good Food team
Categories Dinner, Lunch, Main course, Snack, Supper
Time 40m
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Put the spinach into a large pan. Pour over a couple tbsp water, then cook until just wilted. Tip into a sieve, leave to cool a little, then squeeze out any excess water and roughly chop. Roughly chop the tomatoes and put into a bowl along with the spinach, feta and eggs. Mix well.
- Carefully unroll the filo pastry. Cover with some damp sheets of kitchen paper to stop it drying out. Take a sheet of pastry and brush liberally with some of the sundried tomato oil. Drape oil-side down in a 22cm loosebottomed cake tin so that some of the pastry hangs over the side. Brush oil on another piece of pastry and place in the tin, just a little further round. Keep placing the pastry pieces in the tin until you have roughly three layers, then spoon over the filling. Pull the sides into the middle, scrunch up and make sure the filling is covered. Brush with a little more oil.
- Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Cook the pie for 30 mins until the pastry is crisp and golden brown. Remove from the cake tin, slice into wedges and serve with salad.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 250 calories, Fat 13 grams fat, SaturatedFat 5 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 23 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 5 grams sugar, Fiber 3 grams fiber, Protein 13 grams protein, Sodium 0.3 milligram of sodium
SPINACH FETA FILO PIE
Spinach and Feta Filo Pie is the perfect vegetarian main course for a special occasion, a holiday, or a Sunday supper. This show-stopping dish with its perfectly flaky crust is perfectly spiced and full of spinach, feta, fresh mint, and parsley. This dish is one that your whole family is going to love!
Provided by Katie Webster
Categories Main Course
Time 2h
Number Of Ingredients 14
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium-high heat. Add garlic and onion, and cook, stirring often until the onion is softened, 3 to 5 minutes. Scrape into a large bowl.
- Add the parsley, eggs, feta, mint, dill, salt, pepper and nutmeg to the bowl and stir to combine. Squeeze any remaining moisture from spinach, and it to the bowl. Stir until thoroughly combined.
- Unfold filo and set on a slightly damp cloth. Layer a second slightly damp cloth over it to prevent the filo from drying out as you work. Coat a deep-dish pie plate with cooking spray (or brush with butter.)
- Place two sheets of filo into the pie plate, pressing it into the corners of the pie plate. Brush with butter. Repeat with a second sheet of filo, placing it down about 45 degrees from the previous sheet. Brush with butter. Continue adding sheets and buttering until all but 4 sheets are in the bottom of the pie plate.
- Spread the filling into the filo shell.
- Layer and butter the remaining four filo sheets over the pie, offsetting them as before.
- Roll the edges of the pie up along the edges to form a ruffled 2-inch-wide lip along the edge of the pie plate. Brush it and the top of the pie with any remaining butter.
- Bake until the crust is deeply golden brown, and an instant read thermometer registers 165 degrees F in the center of the pie, 1 hour 10 minutes. Let cool 20 minutes before slicing into wedges and serving.
Nutrition Facts : ServingSize 1/8 pie, Calories 407 calories, Fat 23 g, Carbohydrate 37 g, Fiber 4 g, Protein 13 g
CHICKEN, SPINACH AND FETA FILO PIE
Make and share this Chicken, Spinach and Feta Filo Pie recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Snowbunny Andorra
Categories One Dish Meal
Time 40m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 11
Steps:
- Heat the oil in a large pan. Add the onion and chicken and cook, stirring, until the chicken is cooked through.
- Over a medium heat, add the garlic and then half the spinach. Continue to stir. When that half is wilted, add the second half. Once this is cooked through, place in a colander or sieve over a bowl and allow to cool. Discard any liquid that drains off.
- Once cool, place in a bowl and mix through the eggs, feta and nutmeg and season generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Pre-heat over to 200C/180C if fan assisted. Melt the butter.
- Take a circular oven-proof dish or springform tin, approximately 8 to 9 inches in diameter. Lay one sheet of filo across the dish, so that one side and the base is covered, and the rest hangs over the other side. Brush well with melted butter, then lay another sheet of filo in a similar way, at ninety degrees to the first. Repeat with the other two, so that there's an overhang in each of four directions. This will be used to cover the filling.
- Place the filling in the dish, on top of the pastry. Bring one of the ends of the pastry over the filling. Brush with butter, fold another over and repeat until all four ends are covering the top of the pie. Brush the top with butter and pop in the oven for 20-30 minutes, until the top is golden brown.
- Let sit for 5 minutes before serving, to prevent it breaking up.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 614.8, Fat 45, SaturatedFat 21.8, Cholesterol 270.5, Sodium 982.8, Carbohydrate 21.8, Fiber 4.1, Sugar 4.8, Protein 32.6
SPINACH FILO SPIRAL PIE
These impressive-looking spinach filo spirals are deceptively easy to make. A take on Greek spanakopita, serve with a side salad for a weekend lunch
Provided by Janine Ratcliffe
Categories Lunch
Time 55m
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Heat a large non-stick pan over a medium heat. Tip in the spinach and cook, stirring, until wilted (you won't need any oil or water as it will steam in its own moisture). Leave to cool a little, then tip into a clean tea towel and squeeze out as much water as possible. Chop and put in a bowl.
- Heat the knob of butter in a non-stick frying pan. Add the onion and cook for about 10 mins until softened. Tip into the bowl with the spinach, then stir in the feta using a fork until fully combined. Taste for seasoning.
- Heat the oven to 190C/170C fan/gas 5. Brush a 24 x 4cm deep metal pie dish with some of the butter.
- Lay a filo sheet on your work surface. Brush with some of the melted butter, then spread about 2 tbsp of the filling in a line along the longest edge of the pastry. Roll loosely into a long sausage (don't roll it too tight as this might cause the pastry to split), then coil the pastry and put in the centre of the tin.
- Repeat with the rest of the pastry and filling, arranging the coils around the central one. Brush the tops with more butter, then sprinkle with the nigella seeds. Bake for 25-30 mins until golden and crisp.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 311 calories, Fat 16 grams fat, SaturatedFat 9 grams saturated fat, Carbohydrate 31 grams carbohydrates, Sugar 4 grams sugar, Fiber 2 grams fiber, Protein 11 grams protein, Sodium 1.3 milligram of sodium
Tips:
- Choose fresh, high-quality ingredients. This will make a big difference in the overall flavor of your pie.
- Don't overmix the dough. Overmixing will make the dough tough. Mix just until the ingredients are combined.
- Chill the dough before rolling it out. This will make it easier to work with and prevent it from shrinking in the oven.
- Use a sharp knife to cut the filo pastry. A dull knife will tear the pastry and make it difficult to work with.
- Brush the filo pastry with melted butter before baking. This will help it to brown and crisp up.
- Bake the pie until the filo pastry is golden brown and the filling is hot and bubbly.
Conclusion:
Spinach, feta, and filo pie is a delicious and versatile dish that can be enjoyed for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. It's also a great way to use up leftover spinach and feta. With its flaky filo pastry, creamy spinach filling, and tangy feta cheese, this pie is sure to be a hit with everyone who tries it. So next time you're looking for a quick and easy meal, give this spinach, feta, and filo pie a try. You won't be disappointed.
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