Spinach and Cheese Pie

By á-3946

Ingredients

• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 1/4 cups chopped green onions
• 1 lb. frozen chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
• Finely grated rind of 1 lemon
• 1/2 cup chopped flat-leaf parsley
• 6 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
• 1 1/2 cups whole-milk, small-curd cottage cheese
• 1/2 cup finely grated Romano cheese
• 1 egg
• 1/2 tsp salt
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1/4 tsp nutmeg
• 8 sheets filo dough
• 2 tbsp melted butter

Details

Servings 6

Preparation

Step 1

Preheat oven to 400F

Heat olive oil in 2-quart saucepan. Add onions and saute' until tender, about 3 minutes. Add spinach and cook 1 minutes. Remove pan from heat.

Stir lemon rind, parsley and feta cheese into spinach mixture. Combine cottage cheese, Romano cheese and egg in a small bowl. Stir until well blended. Add to spinach mixture. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg; stir well.

Scrape filling into a 9-inch pie plate or 8-inch square baking dish. Bake 15 minutes. Remove from oven.

Brush one sheet of filo dough with melted butter, keeping remaining sheets covered with a cloth. Crumple filo sheet into a nest shape and place on top of filo. Repeat with remaining filo sheets to cover filling.

Bake about 10 minutes, until filo topping is browned.