Spinach & feta filo pie

Spinach & feta filo pie

A veggie option that will suit everyone for a great-value supper with salad

Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

Method

  1. 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.
  2. 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.

Per serving

398 kcalories, protein 17.8g, carbohydrate 22.9g, fat 26.8 g, saturated fat 14.8g, fibre 3.6g, salt 2.67 g

Recipe from olive magazine, May 2010.

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  • Binder photo Cat

    17 September 2011

    Cat rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious! I had a few problems with the filo pastry disintegrating when I tried to put it in the tin but, as you're putting more layers on top, it doesn't really matter. The only real difficulty I had was that the pastry browned too quickly, before the filling was cooked, but a sheet of foil over the top solved that problem. Definitely one to make again.

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  • 28 September 2011

    Clare rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Delicious and super speedy to prepare.

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  • 22 November 2011

    Laubee rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Lush! Wish I could have eaten it all. I am definitely going to try a meat version soon.

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  • 28 December 2011

    in love with food rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    used allspice instead of nutmeg. the pastry disintegrated around the bottom. but all in all it held up, it was delicious.

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  • 29 December 2011

    Chefscotty007 commented on this recipe

    Hi, there is no safety aspect to making, freezing and cooking this dish from frozen. The downside is that the freezing process creates ice particles from the moisture within the ingredients and more often than not will give you a "Soggier" end result. So just a quality issue really.Hope this helps :-)

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  • 01 January 2012

    Gordge commented on this recipe

    I've made this several times- really tasty and always comes out nicely, definitely would recommend this

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  • 08 January 2012

    Joolz rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I followed the instruction, apart from not having any nutmeg, so put in quite a bit of black pepper. Was absolutely gorgeous! So tasty, and easy to make. I will be making this again.

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  • 23 January 2012

    emilyricho rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    I added palma ham to this,It was lovely.

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  • 24 January 2012

    manatee commented on this recipe

    This was surprisingly easy to make. Went down a treat with the family. Would use less spinach and more filo next time.

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  • 27 January 2012

    JMC123 rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    I made this the other night. I also added toasted pine nuts for a bit of extra texture. Although I followed the instructions and also left the pan tilted to drain the excess water from the spinach the base of the pie was really soggy - in fact watery juices oozed out when we cut into it. I would recommend squeezing the spinach out by hand otherwise the base will be soggy and the overall presentation not good. I was very tasty though. I served with roasted cherry tomatoes on the vine. Hubby loved this. Nice cold but has a much more intense feta flavour.

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  • 30 January 2012

    Sarahnmark rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    Very easy to make and tastes delicious. Also made a variant with roasted red peppers instead of spinach. Very tasty!

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  • 23 February 2012

    add.zawk rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    My sister usually don't like my meals and she absolutely loved this one!

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  • 25 February 2012

    Yaniv rated and commented on this recipe

    3 stars

    Great recipe. Came out really nice! I couldn't get fresh spinach so used instead frozen ones (about 8 or 9 balls cooked in microwave) which I added to the mix after squeezing water out.... Came out divine and was even better the next day after reheating! Would no doubt do it again! Wish more supermarkets would keep filo in stock...

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  • 10 March 2012

    marie northants commented on this recipe

    loved this recipe even my 8 yr old loved it , i will add some sundried tomatoes nxt time but will defo make this again .

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  • 10 March 2012

    marie northants rated this recipe

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  • Binder photo pip

    02 April 2012

    pip rated and commented on this recipe

    5 stars

    so tasty, love it. easier to use olive oil to brush pastry with tho rather than melted butter i think.

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  • 05 April 2012

    Lynard commented on this recipe

    Added some roasted butternut squash, mushroom and ricotta, It was excellent. But don't scrimp on the nutmeg.

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  • 05 April 2012

    Lynard rated this recipe

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  • 11 April 2012

    Chendore commented on this recipe

    You can also use alternative layers of spicy minced lamb or beef mince [kofta style] sprinkled with pine nuts....that will please meat eaters..... or use half ricotta and half feta...adding fresh or dried dill and pine nuts or crushed chestnuts...cinnamon and a touch of lemon juice...delicious!

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  • 22 April 2012

    corrinamoore rated and commented on this recipe

    4 stars

    Made this for lunch today - really nice and very easy to do. Am going to make again, as individual portions for a starter and I would perhaps add more Feta and seasoning as I felt it lacked a little bite!

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Difficulty and servings

Easy

Serves 4

Preparation and cooking times

Preparation time

Prep 15 mins

Cook time

Cook 40 mins

Vegetarian

Vegetarian

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Per serving

398 kcalories, protein 17.8g, carbohydrate 22.9g, fat 26.8 g, saturated fat 14.8g, fibre 3.6g, salt 2.67 g

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