Spanozaarkopita
- 2 cups shredded cooked chicken (white meat)
- 1 lb phyllo dough
- 1 lb portabella mushroom, cleaned,sliced into strips
- 14 cup raisins
- 14 cup dried apricot, diced
- 14 cup white wine
- 3 eggs, lightly beaten
- 1 teaspoon dried coriander
- 1 teaspoon cinnamon
- 14 teaspoon ground cloves
- 1 tablespoon lemon juice
- 2 lbs Baby Spinach, stemmed,washed,dried and chopped
- 1 cup sliced scallion (white and green)
- 1 teaspoon coarse salt
- 14 teaspoon fresh ground pepper (or more)
- 3 cloves garlic, chopped fine (or more)
- 12 cup extra virgin olive oil
- 1 ounce unsweetened chocolate, coarsely chopped (Baker's Chocolate--one square)
- 1 cup farmer cheese or 1 cup queso blanco or 1 cup mild feta cheese
- Preheat oven to 350F
- Place the raisins and the apricots and the wine in a small pan and simmer till soft and until almost the liquid is evaporated
- In a large skillet, heat one tablespoon of the oil and saute the mushrooms, without stirring, for about two minutes
- Turn the mushrooms and saute, without stirring for another minute
- Add the scallions and garlic and saute for about five minutes
- If necessary, add a little more oil
- Remove from the heat and add the fruit and the remaining ingredients (except the phyllo)
- Stir until well combined
- Grease a 9" x 13" baking pan with olive oil
- Lay a sheet of phyllo dough in the pan, brushing it with olive oil
- Repeat this process until you have five sheets of phyllo dough in the pan
- Spread half the spinach/chicken mixture over the dough
- Layer three more sheets of phyllo dough over this, brushing each sheet with olive oil
- Spread the remaining spinach mixture over the dough, smoothing it out to make it even
- Layer five more sheets of phyllo dough, each brushed with oil, over the spinach
- With a sharp knife, score diagonally to form diamonds
- Bake for approximately 40 minutes or until pastry is golden brown
chicken, phyllo dough, portabella mushroom, raisins, apricot, white wine, eggs, dried coriander, cinnamon, ground cloves, lemon juice, scallion, coarse salt, ground pepper, garlic, extra virgin olive oil, chocolate, farmer cheese
Taken from www.food.com/recipe/spanozaarkopita-116409 (may not work)