This recipe is incredibly close to my heart. My grandma made this recipe for all our family functions, especially our weekly luncheons. This reminds me of delicious food, loud laughter, and my grandpa breaking his finger opening a folding chair. That will be a story for another day.
Spinach Pie
Ingredients
- 3 packages 10 ounce frozen chopped spinach thawed, drained, and squeezed
- 2 onions chopped
- ½ bunch parsley chopped
- 16 ounces shredded cheese (Brick, Monterey Jack, Mozzarella
- 2 cups cottage cheese drained
- 2 teaspoon salt
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- ¼ teaspoon red pepper
- 1 package fill dough two rolls in a package, thawed
- 3 eggs
- 2 sticks butter
- 1 egg used for the egg wash with 1-2 tablespoon of water
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix the thawed and drained spinach, chopped onions, parsley, shredded cheese, cottage cheese, salt, black pepper, red pepper, and three eggs.
- Take the thawed Filo dough out of the fridge. Open one packet; put the other back in the fridge.
- On each tray, lay two sheets of Filo dough. Brush with melted butter. Add two more sheets of Filo, brush with butter again, then two more sheets.
- Divide the spinach mixture equally among the three trays.
- Layer two more sheets of Filo, brush with butter, add another two sheets, brush with butter, and top with the final two sheets, cut into triangles.
- Brush an egg wash on top of all the spinach pies.
- Bake at 375°F for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
- Enjoy one tray for dinner and freeze the other two for later!
