Spanikopita - Fox 28: South Bend, Elkhart IN News, Weather, Sports

Serves approx. 4 people  

Ingredients:
9 ounce bag baby spinach roughly chopped
8 ounces crumbled feta cheese
1 teaspoon chopped garlic
2 teaspoons chopped shallots
4 sheets filo dough
4  ounces olive oil
Salt and Pepper to taste

Instructions  

Start by heating medium sized sauté pan then adding 1 ounce of olive oil then the garlic and shallot and sauté quickly for only a few seconds.  Then add the spinach and sauté until wilted, then season with salt and pepper and cool. After spinach mixture is cooled add crumbled feta. Then brush 1^st filo sheet with olive oil then stack another one on top and brush with olive oil. Then cut in half lengthwise and place one ¼ of feta and spinach mixture on bottom and fold up into a football triangle. Then repeat with other two sheets of filo and remaining mixture.  Then place on baking sheet and place in pre-heated 425-degree oven and bake until golden brown approx. 8-10 minutes.