Spinach and Cheese Pie

"This combines two of my favorite cusines for a great meatless meal complete with a greek salad and a loaf of crusty bread. Recipe submitted for main dish entree in the RSC 6 contest."
 
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photo by Rita1652 photo by Rita1652
photo by Rita1652 photo by Rita1652
photo by Rita1652 photo by Rita1652
Ready In:
2hrs
Ingredients:
19
Serves:
6-8
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ingredients

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directions

  • Melt butter with 1/2 cup oil in a small saucepan and set aside.
  • In a large skillet over medium heat saute mushrooms with garlic in 2 tablespoons olive oil until tender (10 minutes).
  • Remove from heat and stir in green onions, basil, salt and pepper.
  • Set aside.
  • In a large bowl combine spinach, parsley and mushroom/onion mixture.
  • Squeeze out excess liquid and stir in flour.
  • In another large bowl mix together water and powdered milk and then beat in eggs with a fork.
  • Stir in feta, ricotta and 1/4 cup Parmesan cheeses.
  • Stir to combine Add cheese mixture to vegetable mixture.
  • Drain any excess liquid from mixture and then season with salt and pepper.
  • Preheat oven to 375-degrees F.
  • Butter a 9 x 13-inch pan.
  • Set aside 8-10 (or about 1/4) phyllo sheets and cover them with plastic wrap and a damp towel.
  • Keep the remainder of the phyllo pastry covered with plastic wrap and a damp towel while working with pastry so it won't dry out.
  • Brush each phyllo sheet with butter/oil mixture and stack in pan, brushing each with butter/oil mixture before placing in pan, stacking pastry sheet as evenly as possible.
  • When all phyllo pastry is stacked in the pan (except for the reserved sheets) spread vegetable/cheese mixture evenly over pastry sheets.
  • Then with the remaining pastry sheets, brush each with butter/oil mixture and then place over the spinach/vegetable filling.
  • Brush with remaining butter/oil mixture and then sprinkle with remaining Parmesan cheese.
  • Make slits in the pastry.
  • (I placed the pan on a baking sheet before placing it in the oven).
  • Bake for one hour or until done.
  • Let sit for ten minutes and then slice into squares, garnishing with parsley sprigs if desired.

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Reviews

  1. Very rich! Salty too! Between the feta cheese & parmesan cheese. Next time I would just top it with a touch of parm. and omit it inside. I used fresh spinach that I cooked with the mushrooms. When I added the flour is when I added the dry milk and left out the water using the spinach juice in it`s place. The feta cheese I used was herbed. I butter can be cut back I had 1/2 a cup left over. I wasn't sure about making slits as you see in the picture I cut all the way through before baking which made it easy to slice at serving time. After 45 minutes baking I turned the oven down to 345 degrees. Didn't want it to brown any more then as you see it! This is an easy recipe to assemble I had a fun time making it. And a good time eating it.
     
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<p>I love cooking and trying different foods, but my favorite cookbooks are now Weight Watchers or low fat/low cal cookbooks as I tend to try and make low fat/low cal recipes. I lost over 90 pounds on Weight Watchers and have maintained for over a year now -- so my cooking/eating habits have changed drastically following my weight loss and to keep it off!</p>
 
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