Spanakopita (spinach, feta and filo pie)

A Greek classic! Crispy filo pastry with a cheesy spinach filling. Groovy!

Serves: 2
Cost per person: 6 zl (1.13 GBP, 12 Norwegian Kroner)

You'll need:

- a good old bunch of spinach
- around 80g of feta
- one egg
- a handful of parsley
- 2 chopped spring onions
- around 200g (or 4 sheets) of filo pastry
- olive oil
- salt and pepper
- a pinch of cayenne (optional)

Let's boogie!

1. Wash the spinach and de-stalk. Blanch for 1-2 minutes in a minute quantity of water. Refresh with cold water and drain. Pre-heat the oven to 180 degrees.

2. Beat an egg

3. Chop up the parsley and spring onion

4. Squeeze as much moisture as you can out of the spinach

5. Chop the spinach

6. Add everything (including the seasoning) into the bowl and mix up. Crumble in the feta

7. Oil an oven proof dish

8. Take a sheet of filo pastry. Brush with olive oil. 

9. Place centrally in the dish. Don't worry about the extra pastry overspilling - you'll fold it over later. Repeat from step 8. Get around 4 layers of pastry in the dish at slightly different angles.

10. Add the spinach and feta mixture

11. Fold over the sides layer by layer to enclose the pie.

12. Give the top a final brush of olive oil

13. Bake till brown on top. Enjoy!

Cost:

- spinach: 3 zl
- feta: 2.8 zl
- filo: 4 zl
- egg: 0.8 zl
- the rest: 1.4 zl

Total:12 zl