Spanako-triangle-pita

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