Spanakopita
I am very lucky to be part of a Greek family..... through the bf... I'm the token redhead. hehehe
So bf's Yia Yia is the family pita maker and well no one is learning how she makes it. So i have taken it on to learn her fabulous recipes.
Note i cant actually eat it because of the dairy. But all reports were glowing.
Just so you all now the reason they are triangles is because i got the wrong pastry.... blush blush so embarrassed. But it worked out well.
I was under the impression that pita would be hard but its not. That's why i trialled these at home before i attempted Yia Yia's pita.
So below is my recipe to make Spanako-triangle-pita enjoy
Ingredients
Puff Pastry
a lot of Spinach
200g Goats Milk Feta (goat has a bit more bite to it and the cows feta is smoother in taste)
2 Eggs
2 Spring Onions
Salt
Pepper
Method
Thaw puff pastry (you will only need 2 sheets for this recipe)
Cut each sheet into 4s
Wash spinach
Heat a fry pan (use non stick, otherwise use a little olive oil)
Grab a handful of spinach and wilt in the pan
Take out wilted spinach and place in a colander or bowl
Repeat until all spinach is wilted
Let it cool to room temp
Cut spring onion in small pieces
Medium size bowl place crumble in the feta
Crack One egg on the feta
Add spring onions
Mix it together (i like to have chucks of feta so i make sure not to crush them while mixing)
When the spinach is cool (put gloves on)
Squeeze the spinach in your hands to get rid of the liquid
This will take lots of squeezing (small amount at a time helps)
Add to the feta mixture and mix around
Crack the left over egg into a bowl and beat
This will be your glue for the pastry
Also the egg wash for the outside of the pastry
Using one small square score the inside where the pastry will meet with a fork
This will help the pastry stick together
Use a tablespoon and place the mixture in the middle of the square
Egg wash 2 of the pastry sides
Fold the non egged side over to cover the mixture and press down lightly
Use a fork and push the down all the way around the edge to really make sure the pastry sticks
Place in a non stick oven tray (use baking paper otherwise)
Repeat
Use a basting brush and egg wash the triangles (this is how pastry becomes golden brown)
Place in oven on a moderate heat for about 10 to 15 minutes
Lift a triangle up and the bottom should be flakeyish like the top and not clearish
(I've found if you have trouble here you can flip the triangle and cook a little longer)
I realise the method seems long but its not the whole thing should only take 30 mins to make!!!
You can choose how much spinach you want in there and you have the happiness of making something that everyone is bound to love.
The Bf practically woofed them down and i had to hide the ones i made for Cottonsocks and Oreboy. I hope you like them, i will make them again for you if you wanna!
Time for me to go and collect my broken bike so it can get fixed. I crashed it like a idiot ages ago and it stopped working..... i promised myself i would ride more and well that didn't really work out.
But this time I'm serious!!! like a super serious motivated like a crack head looking for crack..... hehehheheh i think that was a bit much
