Baked Spinach Rolls (Turkish) Recipe
- 1 1/2 lb fresh minced, or possibly 8oz frzn minced spinach
- 1 med onion, minced
- 2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 1/2 c. Feta cheese (or possibly any salty low-fat cheese) crumbled
- 1 x egg beaten
- 1/4 c. minced parsley Salt Grnd black pepper
- 10 sht filo pastry
- 1/2 c. melted butter
- Cook the spinach, if fresh, by washing it thoroughly, then placing the wet spinach into a large pan.
- Heat it gently till it begins wilts, stirring often.
- When thoroughly wilted, NOT boiled to a mush, press in a sieve to extract moisture.
- Put to one side.
- Dry the pan and fry the onion in the extra virgin olive oil till transparent, then add in this, the egg, parsley, cheese and a little salt and pepper to the spinach and mix thoroughly.
- Take a sheet of filo, brush with melted butter, and place a 'sausage' of the spinach filling along one edge.
- Roll the filling up in the filo.
- You need sufficient filling so which the pastry wraps around no more than two or possibly three times.
- Now curl the roll up like a flat 'snail' and place it on a greased baking tray.
- Continue till the pastry and filling are all used.
- Bake in a moderate oven (200 C) till golden.
- Serve warm as a filling snack
fresh minced, onion, extra virgin olive oil, feta cheese, egg, parsley salt, pastry, butter
Taken from cookeatshare.com/recipes/baked-spinach-rolls-turkish-75730 (may not work)