Spanakopita

15 ingredients
10 steps

Ingredients

  • salt (sea salt preferred)
  • 1 onion, Chopped
  • 12 lb fresh mushrooms, sliced
  • olive oil
  • to taste butter
  • 1 clove garlic, Minced
  • fresh ground pepper (taste)
  • 6 eggs
  • 12 lb feta cheese
  • 12 cup parmesan cheese, Grated
  • 14 cup fresh parsley, Chopped
  • 1 teaspoon oregano
  • 14 teaspoon dried rosemary (optional)
  • 14 lb butter (1 stick)
  • 1 lb phyllo dough

Directions

  1. 1
    If using fresh spinach, wash the spinch and remove the rough stems.
  2. 2
    Place in large bowl and sprinkle heavily with salt.
  3. 3
    Rub the salt into the leaves by thakin them up, a bunch at a time, and rubbing them between your hands; the volume of spinach will decrease drastically as you do.
  4. 4
    Tear the sponach up as you do this.
  5. 5
    Rinse the salt off thoroughly and dry the spinach, squeezing it in bunches in a towel.
  6. 6
    (If using frozen spinach, just let it thaw and squeeze out the excess moisture.)
  7. 7
    Saute the onion and mushrooms in a little olive oil and butter with the garlic and salt and pepper to taste.
  8. 8
    When both onions and mushrooms are tender remove from heat.
  9. 9
    Beat the eggs in a large bowl and crumble in the feta, add the parmesan, then the spinach, onions, mushrooms, stir in the parsley, organo, rosemary, some freshly ground pepper, and a little salt (remembering the
  10. 10
    feta is very salty

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