Spinach and
feta filo pie
Serves 4
Prep 15 mins
Cook 40 mins
Vegetarian
Ingredients
onions , halved
and sliced2
butter
garlic cloves ,
crushed2
500g spinach , washed and
roughly chopped
grating nutmeg
200g feta cheese , cumbled
eggs beaten2
large sheets
filo pastry4
Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Cook
the onions in a
large knob
of butter until soft and turning golden. Add the garlic
and cook
for a couple of minutes. Add the spinach in batches
and cook
until wilted. Cool, then tip into a bowl (leaving behind
any excess
liquid from the spinach) and mix in the nutmeg,
feta, eggs
and season.
Melt 30g
more butter, and butter a non-stick springform cake
tin, about
20-22cm. Put the first sheet of filo in the tin and
brush with
butter, letting the excess hang over the sides. Keep
going with
the rest of the sheets, turning a little before adding
each
additional pastry sheet and brushing all over with butter.
When all
the pastry is used up, tip in the filling and fold over
the excess
pastry to cover. Butter the top then bake in the
oven for
about 20-30 minutes until the filo is crisp and golden
Leave for
5 minutes before turning out and cutting into wedges
to serve.
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