Ina Garten's Dinner Spanakopitas | Barefoot Contessa | Food Network

foreign [Music] wrapped around spinach and feta cheese I've got a quarter cup of olive oil a cup of onion that I've let saute for about five minutes just until it gets really tender you don't want it to turn brown I'm going to add three scallions just let them cook for another few minutes I've got frozen spinach that I've defrosted you need a huge pot of fresh spinach to make this amount of spinach for the dish okay right into the bowl I used two 10 ounce packages of frozen spinach to frosted okay let's see how the onions and scallions are doing just want them tender and not too browned this is one of those really versatile dishes you can put anything you like in or take anything out if you don't like Feta you can just do it with spinach but sort of a classic Greek combination let's give that a little stir okay next is four eggs just beat them lightly what's going to bind it all together three tablespoons of dry bread crumbs in this case I actually use the store-bought dry bread crumbs you want them to absorb a little of the moisture from the spinach so the spanakopatas don't get watery three tablespoons of freshly grated Parmesan I actually grind it in a food processor it gives it just the right texture one teaspoon of ground nutmeg two teaspoons of salt I want to make sure it's really well seasoned one teaspoon of pepper I have three tablespoons of pine nuts I sauteed them dry in a pan just on very low heat about five minutes until they're really nutty and golden brown so it's about two cups of feta about 12 ounces and just give it a big toss so Savannah cover is a really a Savory strudel I use strudel dough which is phyllo and wrap it around the filling so this is phyllo dough good news is you don't have to make it it comes in the freezer and I just defrost it overnight in the refrigerator it's very flaky so I've got one piece of phyllo dough and just brush it with butter I melted a quarter pound of butter for all of this doesn't have to be perfect just lightly and if it tears a little bit don't worry about it and then I'm going to put dry bread crumbs sprinkle it with dry bread crumbs just enough not really thickly but just enough so the next piece of phyllo dough slides right on if you don't do the bread crumbs what happens is it'll just stick and you'll never get it to slide on and again butter gets easier as it gets thicker sprinkle it with breadcrumbs another layer of phyllo dough I'm going to do four layers brush it with butter the last one you actually don't have to have bread crumbs on because you're not putting another layer of phyllo dough on top so now I'm going to turn it this way lengthwise and cut it right down the middle in half if I were making appetizers I'd cut it smaller than this they end up triangles and I'll show you how it works so exactly one third of a cup of filling that's the perfect amount just on one corner on the bottom and just fold it right over in a triangle and then fold it straight and by the time you're done you'll see it's completely enclosed and then I'm just going to put it right on the sheet pan my friend Dwyer and I are giving a housewarming party for our friends the green Walls who just moved into this fabulous house well it's a surprise they know what they're having a party but what they don't know is what we're having for dinner and we're going Greek first I'm doing spanakopitas and Dwyer is doing a nice Greek fruit dessert I'm brushing with butter so they get nice and browned and absolutely delicious and then you don't always have to do this but I like to I'm going to sprinkle it with a little coarse salt I just it looks like it has more flavor and actually it does have more flavor into the oven 375 degrees for 30 minutes these are going to be big puffed delicious span of coconut triangles

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Length: 4min 34sec (274 seconds)

Published: Sat Oct 22 2022