Spanakoptia

11 ingredients
1 steps

Ingredients

  • 1lb baby spinach
  • 1lb swiss chard or red kale
  • 1 medium yellow onion
  • 5 cloves garlic
  • 6 oz feta or other goat cheese
  • 6 oz soft herbed cheese such as Boursin
  • 1 stick salted butter
  • 1 package frozen Philo dough
  • 2 tbs olive oil
  • (you will need a pastry brush and muffin pan)
  • Salt and Pepper

Directions

  1. 1
    {"0":"allow philo dough to defrost per-package instructions.","2":"Lay Philo dough onto clean work surface, cover with damp tea towel.","4":"Make Filling:","5":"In a medium fry pan heat olive oil over medium heat until shimmering.","7":"Chop onion and garlic roughly. Add to pan and cook until golden brown.","8":"While onion and garlic cook remove red stems and veins from swiss chard\/kale. Chop kale roughly.","10":"Once onion and garlic have browned, reduce heat to medium-low and add kale and spinach. Wilt kale and spinach until it has completely cooked down.","12":"In a large bowl crumble cheeses and season with salt and pepper.","13":"In another bowl place onion garlic and greens mixture and allow to cool. Once the greens mixture is cool enough to handle place small batches into a tea towel and squeeze out as much moisture as possible. Add the mixture of onion, garlic and greens to cheese. Stir well.","15":"Pre-heat oven to 325 degrees","17":"Make Shells","19":"in a microwave safe bowel melt butter.","20":"On a clean work surface lay out a sheet of philo dough. Brush sheet with melted butter smooth another sheet of philo onto buttered surface. Continue until you have made 6 layers.","22":"Create 6 of the philo stacks.","24":"Using a non-stick spray or melted butter grease muffin pan. Place center of a philo stack into a muffin tin cup. Fill each cup with about 1\/2 cup of the filling. Fold the rest of the philo stack on top of the filling, closing off the cup.","25":"Repeat with the other five cups.","27":"Bake Spanakopita at 325 degrees for 10-15 minuets or until the pastry dough has puffed up and become golden brown."}

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