Spinach and cheese pie
Spinach. Cheese. Filo pastry. These are a few of our favourite things! This will make the perfect meal all year round.
Ingredients:
- 2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
- 1 brown onion, finely chopped
- 2 bunches English spinach, leaves removed and washed
- 2 tablespoons dill, finely chopped
- 200g reduced fat feta, crumbled
- ½ cup grated tasty cheddar cheese
- ½ teaspoon ground nutmeg
- 4 eggs, lightly beaten
- 60g butter, melted
- 10 sheets filo pastry
Method:
1. Heat oil in a large frying pan over a medium-high heat. Add onion and cook for three minutes or until soft.
2. Roughly shred spinach and add to onion. Cook for a further two minutes or until just wilted. Remove from heat and cool.
3. Fold the dill, feta, cheddar cheese, nutmeg and eggs into the spinach mix. Season with salt and pepper.
4. Preheat oven to 180°C. Lightly brush a 26cm by 16cm slab tin with melted butter.
5. Place a sheet of filo onto a clean, flat work surface, brush with butter and top with another sheet of filo. Repeat four more times.
6. Line prepared tin with pastry. Spoon spinach mixture into pastry base. Prepare remaining four sheets of pastry as before. Lay over spinach filling, trim edges and brush top of pie with remaining butter. Bake for 40 to 45 minutes or until golden and cooked through.
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