Greek Home Recipes – Make Spanakopita (Greek Spinach Pie)
Hello friends, welcome another video post of delicious Greek recipe. Today we are going to learn Spanakopita, a delicious Greek Spinach Pie. Although, some of you dont like the spinach, but i suggest you should have this spinach once at your home. You will definitely love to prepare more of this. Following video and the detail will tell you in detail recipe of this dish. So get going and enjoy your weekend.
How are you doing? My name is Mike Isabella. I am the Chef at Zaytinya restaurant, award winning restaurant at Washington DC and graduated at New York Restaurant School. I have cooked allover the East Coast of the United States and also in different countries. I am the chef here at the Zaytinya. Today, I will be showing you how to make spanakopita from top to bottom.
Working with the Phyllo dough, making the filling with using fresh spinach and feta cheese with scallions, dill, mint and leeks, preparing everything separately and combining it all to make a filling and then also putting it together. So, we are going to clarify a little butter to work with the Phyllo dough. Make our little spanakopita pies, roll them up, wrap them up. Chill them off and then pop them in the oven and the bake them off, so nice golden-brown to you have the best spanakopitas that you have ever had before.
You will need a couple of large mixing bowls, a large pot to blanch the spinach, a small saut pan, a small sauce pan, a pastry brush, cutting board and a couple of sharp knives. You will also need Phyllo, some fresh spinach, leeks, scallions, butter, feta cheese, fresh dill, fresh parsley and then egg. Always remember to be careful around a sharp knives and hot stoves when cooking.
Lets get ready for the first step.
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