Greek Delights.....

If I had to choose one culture for their food, It would be excruciatingly hard! But the Greeks would definitely up there!! You can't get much better than fresh warm Spanikopita! Delicious!! Spanikopita is Greek for spinach cheese pie. In my opinion it is very similar to Baklava, but a savory version. Well, this morning I decided to make it. I did a little research, read a few different recipes, and kinda got the drift of it, saw what I had and made up my own recipe. It was so delectable!!!!! Here's the recipe!

Scrumptious Spanikopita

2 lbs spinach

1 lb. feta (crumbled)

1/2 onion (diced)

1 Tbs minced garlic

2 Tbs chopped Italian parsley

1/4 olive oil

4 eggs

pinch of sea salt

1/2 lb butter (melted)

1 lb box of filo dough

Preheat Oven 375 degrees.

Saute onions, garlic, parsley and olive oil. Saute spinach till cooked down. let cool. mix onions mixture with feta and eggs. when cool, chop spinach and add to egg mixture. set filling aside.

place one layer of filo on bottom of 9x13 glass pan brush with butter. do this six times. spread half of filling evenly over filo dough. place about ten more filo layers over filling, brushing butter between each layer. spread the other half of filling evenly over filo dough. continue to layered the rest of the filo dough. Bake for about 35-40 minutes.