Greek spinach pita

AUTHOR
Arlie Wyatt
DIFFICULTY
easy
RATING
3 2
COOK TIME
90 mins
TOTAL TIME
90 mins

Ingredients

Servings: 32
  • 5 frozen puff pastry sheets (à 75 g)
  • 1.5 kg Spinach
  • 2 medium-sized onions
  • 3-4 Garlic cloves
  • 3-4 Tbsp Olive oil
  • 7-10 Tbsp salt, pepper, nutmeg
  • 7-10 Tbsp Flour
  • 7-10 Tbsp Pulses
  • 200 g Sheep or feta cheese
  • 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk (Gr. M)
  • 6 TABLESPOONS Milk
  • 1 TABLESPOON Sesame
  • baking paper

Directions

  1. 1

    Defrost the puff pastry. Clean the spinach, wash well and drain. Peel and chop onions and garlic

  2. 2

    Heat the oil in a large pot. Brown the onions and garlic in it. Add the spinach bit by bit, let it collapse. Season. Drain spinach well

  3. 3

    Place 3 puff pastry sheets on top of each other and roll out into a circle (approx. 35 cm Ø) on a little flour. Put the dough into a springform pan (26 cm Ø) lined with baking paper, so that a rim of approx. 5 cm is created. Line the dough with baking parchment. Fill in pulses until just under the rim

  4. 4

    Pre-bake the pastry base in a preheated oven (electric oven: 200 °C/ convection oven: 175 °C/gas: level 3) for 10-15 minutes

  5. 5

    Cheese crumbles. Mix with the spinach. Mix 2 eggs and milk, season. Lay the rest of the puff pastry on top of each other, roll out round (approx. 28 cm Ø). Remove the base. Remove legumes together with paper

  6. 6

    Add the spinach. Pour egg milk over it. Place a pastry sheet on top, fold in the edges and press down. Carve squares (approx. 4 x 4 cm) into the dough sheet. Bake in the preheated oven at the same temperature for about 20 minutes

  7. 7

    Mix the egg yolk and 1 teaspoon of water. Spread the dough and sprinkle with sesame seeds. Bake for another 5-10 minutes until golden brown

Nutrition Facts

KCAL
90 kcal
CARBS
5 g
FATS
6 g
PROTEINS
3 g