Spanakoptia
- 1lb baby spinach
- 1lb swiss chard or red kale
- 1 medium yellow onion
- 5 cloves garlic
- 6 oz feta or other goat cheese
- 6 oz soft herbed cheese such as Boursin
- 1 stick salted butter
- 1 package frozen Philo dough
- 2 tbs olive oil
- (you will need a pastry brush and muffin pan)
- Salt and Pepper
- allow philo dough to defrost per-package instructions.
- Lay Philo dough onto clean work surface, cover with damp tea towel.
- Make Filling:
- In a medium fry pan heat olive oil over medium heat until shimmering.
- Chop onion and garlic roughly. Add to pan and cook until golden brown.
- While onion and garlic cook remove red stems and veins from swiss chard/kale. Chop kale roughly.
- Once onion and garlic have browned, reduce heat to medium-low and add kale and spinach. Wilt kale and spinach until it has completely cooked down.
- In a large bowl crumble cheeses and season with salt and pepper.
- In another bowl place onion garlic and greens mixture and allow to cool. Once the greens mixture is cool enough to handle place small batches into a tea towel and squeeze out as much moisture as possible. Add the mixture of onion, garlic and greens to cheese. Stir well.
- Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees
- Make Shells
- in a microwave safe bowel melt butter.
- On a clean work surface lay out a sheet of philo dough. Brush sheet with melted butter smooth another sheet of philo onto buttered surface. Continue until you have made 6 layers.
- Create 6 of the philo stacks.
- Using a non-stick spray or melted butter grease muffin pan. Place center of a philo stack into a muffin tin cup. Fill each cup with about 1/2 cup of the filling. Fold the rest of the philo stack on top of the filling, closing off the cup.
- Repeat with the other five cups.
- Bake Spanakopita at 325 degrees for 10-15 minuets or until the pastry dough has puffed up and become golden brown.
baby spinach, swiss chard, yellow onion, garlic, feta, butter, dough, olive oil, will, salt
Taken from www.epicurious.com/recipes/member/views/spanakoptia-1256509 (may not work)