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How to make Spanakopita
Whitney Fitzgerald
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Ingredients: Collect the night before • 3, 10 ounces packages of frozen chopped spinach thawed and drained • 1 bunch parsley chopped fine• 1 bunch green onion tops• 1 large green pepper • Salt • Lemon juice or a lemon • 10 eggs• 1 pound cottage cheese• ½ cup olive oil • ¼ tsp. ground pepper• 1 tsp. baking powder• 1 package of filo dough • 1 pound butter• Pan 12 x 8 • Paintbrush unused• Sesame seeds• 1 ½ cup feta cheese
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Night before baking • Thaw out and drain frozen spinach • Place filo dough in fridge to thaw for 24 hours (leave in package)
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Step 1 mix Mix: • thawed spinach • Parsley finely chopped• Green onion tops finely chopped • Green peppers ( only insides including seeds also chopped) • A little salt Let stand a few minutes then add a squeeze of lemon juice
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Step 2 add to mixture Add to previous mixture: • Eggs • Cottage cheese• Olive oil • Ground pepper• Baking soda • Feta Make sure mixture is mixed well!
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Set mixture to the side ( best in the fridge if you have room)
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Step 3 Butter pan • Melt butter• With your paint brush spread butter all over the pan evenly including
the sides
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Step 4 filo • Lay one sheet down in the pan and butter it including sides• Lay second sheet down and repeat• Do this process till you have laid down 5 sheet of filo
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Step 5 add • Now take your mixture out of the fridge • Spread a little bit of the mixture in your pan evenly • Then Place four layers of filo evenly buttering each individual layer in
pan • After the fourth layer place more of the mixture in the pan and repeat
this process
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Step 6 • Butter top sheet of filo well and sprinkle sesame seeds on it • Place in fridge and preheat oven to 350 degrees• Before baking cut into desired squares • Bake for one hour
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Step 7 Finishing up • After baking cut again • Eat and enjoy
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References • Works Cited• Cozackos, M. A. (2013, May 18). Greek Cooking. (W. Fitzgerald,
Interviewer)• Newton, J. (2012). A Greek Cookbook: Village Taverna Recipes. New
York : NA.• Paltro, G. (2010). Its all good. New York : Wiley, John & Sons,
Incorporated.