Spinach & Feta Filo Pie (Zelyanitsa)
Spinach & Feta Filo Pie (Zelyanitsa)

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Перевод слова spinach, американское и британское произношение, транскрипция, словосочетания, примеры использования. spinach [ˈspɪnɪdʒ]Существительное. spinach / spinaches. Spinach is a leafy, green vegetable. It is one of the most nutritious foods on earth.

To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spinach & feta filo pie (zelyanitsa) using 11 ingredients and 13 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Spinach & Feta Filo Pie (Zelyanitsa):
  1. Get 500-600 g filo dough sheets (typically 2 boxes for a medium-large pan)
  2. Prepare 500 g feta cheese or other white soft cheese
  3. Make ready 1/2 tub soured cream or plain yoghurt
  4. Make ready 500 g spinach, cooked, chopped and drained of liquid
  5. Prepare 2 eggs
  6. Take Milk (if needed for consistency)
  7. Prepare Olive oil or butter
  8. Get 150 ml sparkling water
  9. Prepare pastry brush
  10. Take 3 tbs oregano or herbs de provable or za’atar (can also mix, to taste)
  11. Get Salt to taste (none needed if feta cheese)

The term also is used for the succulent, edible leaves of this plant. From Middle English spinach, from Anglo-Norman spinache, from Old French espinoche, from Old Occitan espinarc, from Arabic إِسْفَانَاخ‎ (ʾisfānāḵ), from Persian اسپناخ‎ (espanâx). (UK, US) IPA(key): /ˈspɪnɪt͡ʃ/, /ˈspɪnɪd͡ʒ/. spinach (countable and uncountable, plural spinaches). Spinach is a leafy vegetable with a high vitamin content, making it a healthy and nutritious food for human consumption. In most media featuring Popeye, it is used as a last-minute device in which the hero, in danger.

Steps to make Spinach & Feta Filo Pie (Zelyanitsa):
  1. Flash boil spinach or defrost frozen spinach. Drain of liquid as much as possible, otherwise spanakopita will be soggy.
  2. Crumble feta cheese and mix with soured cream or yoghurt, eggs and add more yoghurt or a bit of milk if needed, so it has a consistency that is easy to spread. Add spinach and spices and mix well. Set aside.
  3. Prepare two bowls, one with olive oil or melted butter, one with sparkling water.
  4. Open the pack of filo, making sure it's had a couple of hours to unfreeze if frozen, and lay it on a clean cloth. Moisten another kitchen cloth lightly and cover the filo, as it can dry out pretty quickly and become brittle..
  5. Take a pan of medium thickness and grease well. This can be baked in pan of any shape, including a cake mould, just make sure the pan is not too deep (it will not cook through) or too shallow (not as tasty as it will have too little of the filling)
  6. Set yourself on a workstation - there is an assembly line quality to this process, and the pie can be set pretty quickly.
  7. Grease the pan well. Layer the bottom of the pan with a folded sheet. Grease fully with pastry brush. Repeat the process until 3-4 layers have been laid - this is to prevent soggy bottom and to hold the filling.
  8. Several spoons of filling and spread around. Cover with another layer of dough, and lightly sprinkle sparkling water with your fingers on top of it. Follow by another layer of filo, grease the filo and then add another layer of filling. Repeat.
  9. When done, add extra layers on top - I usually put 2-3 sheets and grease them all in between. Pierce the pie with fork in multiple places to aid baking and cover the baking pan with aluminum foil.
  10. Pre-heat over to 200C. Put the pie in the middle of the over, fan on, and bake for approximately 30-40 minutes,depending on strength of the oven. Once the edges start to brown, remove the aluminum foil and let the top layer brown and become crispy.
  11. Take out of the oven and let cool for at least 15-20 minutes to set.
  12. Cut in pieces and serve with salad or soup or as an appetiser on its own. It also makes a great breakfast food. Enjoy!
  13. Refrigerates well and can be a great snack for several days.

Spinach, a super-cold-hardy leafy green, is a popular crop that can be planted in very early spring, as well as in fall Spinach has similar growing conditions and requirements as lettuce, but it is more. Spinach is believed to be of Persian origin. The best way to cook delicious fresh spinach, with olive oil and garlic. Popeye was the best thing that ever hit the spinach industry. Spinach definition: Spinach is a vegetable with large dark green leaves that you chop up and boil in water.

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