Spinach Pie
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Serves: Serves 6 - 8
 
Spinach, feta and dill with Filo dough makes up this delicious spinach pie one of my favorite recipes.
Ingredients
  • 10 oz. frozen chopped spinach drained and squeezed dry
  • 4 T. butter
  • 4 T. flour
  • 1/2 t. salt
  • 1 1/2 C. milk
  • 3 T. chopped green onion
  • 1/2 t. dill weed
  • 1 T. oil
  • 2 eggs
  • 4 oz. feta cheese
  • 1 C. small curd cottage cheese
  • Package of Filo Dough (if frozen thaw ahead in refrigerator)
Instructions
  1. Melt butter in pan and stir in flour. Cook 1 minute. Add salt and milk and cook until thick. Cook 1 more minute.
  2. Add green onion, dill weed and oil to saute pan. Cook until onion is almost tender. Add spinach. Cook 2 more minutes or until moisture is gone.
  3. Add cream sauce to spinach mixture. Let cool slightly and add 2 beaten eggs, feta cheese and cottage cheese.
  4. Spray a 9 x 12 inch pan with oil. Melt 1/2 C. butter to use on Filo sheets. Put 1st Filo sheet on bottom of pan and spread with butter. Top with 2 more sheets with butter between each sheet. Top with 1/3 spinach mixture. Top with Filo and repeat butter process for 2 more sheets. Add another 1/3 of spinach mixture. Repeat Filo dough and top with spinach mixture. Add another layer of Filo and brush well with butter. You should have 4 layers of Filo and 3 layers of spinach mixture.
  5. Bake at 325°F. for 35-40 minutes. Let stand 10 minutes before cutting.
Recipe by Recipes Food and Cooking at https://recipesfoodandcooking.com/2014/01/02/spinach-pie/