spinach pie (spanakopita casserole)

Name: Spinach Pie (Spanakopita Casserole)
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 30 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 2 pound(s) spinach, fresh, washed, drained and chopped; 2 stick(s) butter, melted; 4 - eggs; pinch(es) parsley; 1 pound(s) cheese (1/2 Feta & 1/2 cottage cheese); pinch(es) salt; - onion, minced for flavor; 1 teaspoon(s) dill, dried; 1/2 pound(s) Phyllo dough, thawed in refrigerator; 1 stick(s) butter, melted for brushing on phyllo dough

(6 ratings)

Spinach Pie (Spanakopita Casserole) ready to be sliced.

review

Blue Ribbon Recipe by

Jolyn Barrow

@jbarrow

Johns Creek, GA

Substitutions used with success: * My picture indicates half the recipe in an 8 X 8 dish. * 2 boxes of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and drained. * Have used 1 - 1 1/2 sticks butter in spinach mix instead of 2. * Have used 1/2 stick butter for buttering phyllo leaves instead of 1. * Have used cooking spray in past instead of all butter when buttering phyllo leaves (not as good, but okay).

Blue Ribbon Recipe

Popeye was on to something... Spinach can pack a pretty tasty punch! This spinach pie recipe may look fancy once it hits the table, but it's relatively easy to prepare. Full of flavor and with flaky layers, it's well worth the effort.

— The Test Kitchen @kitchencrew

(6 ratings)

yield 4 -8

prep time 20 Min

cook time 30 Min

method Bake

Ingredients For spinach pie (spanakopita casserole)

2 lb

spinach, fresh, washed, drained and chopped
2 stick

butter, melted
4

eggs
pinch

parsley
1 lb

cheese (1/2 Feta & 1/2 cottage cheese)
pinch

salt
onion, minced for flavor
1 tsp

dill, dried
1/2 lb

Phyllo dough, thawed in refrigerator
1 stick

butter, melted for brushing on phyllo dough

How To Make spinach pie (spanakopita casserole)

1
Mix first 8 ingredients together.

2
Butter the bottom of a 9" X 13" baking pan. Place 4 phyllo leaves on the bottom, buttering after each leaf.
3
Place half of the spinach mix on phyllo leaves.
4
Then place 4 more leaves on top of the spinach, buttering after each leaf. Place the remainder of the spinach and place one more phyllo leaf on the very top. (For a thicker and flakier crust, add more phyllo leaves on top.) Sprinkle with butter. Turn phyllo at the edges towards the rim of the pan.
5
Bake in a moderately hot oven, 375 degrees, for 30 minutes or until golden brown.
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