Spinach And Feta Filo Pie Recipes

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.

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.

Steps:

• Begin by making the filling. Heat the oil in a frying pan, then add the onion with a pinch of salt and fry over a medium heat for 10 mins or until softened and beginning to caramelise. Add the garlic, chilli and coriander seeds and fry for 1 min more. Set aside to cool.
• Steam the spinach in a steamer until wilted, then leave until cool enough to handle. Place in a double layer of muslin or a clean j-cloth and squeeze out any excess liquid. Roughly chop and add to the cooled onion mixture.
• Bring a pan of salted water to the boil. Add the pumpkin and simmer for 15-18 mins, or until a cutlery knife can easily be inserted into the pumpkin. Drain and steam dry, then roughly mash and add to the spinach mixture. Leave to cool. Stir the feta, flour, dill and eggs through the cooled mixture and season to taste.
• Heat the oven to 200C/180C fan/gas 6. Brush some of the melted butter on the inside of a 20cm square tin. Add three sheets of the filo, brushing a little melted butter between each layer. Spoon in the filling and layer and scrunch over the rest of the pastry. Brush the top with any remaining butter and sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Bake for 35-40 mins or until deep golden brown. Serve with a fresh green salad.

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.

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.