Spanakopita Recipe With Puff Pastry
Flaky puff pastry filled with spinach, feta, and herbs for easy Greek spinach puffs. Perfect appetizer ready in 30 minutes.
Equipment
- Skillet
- Baking sheets
- Parchment paper
Ingredients
- 2 sheets puff pastry thawed
- 2 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large yellow onion finely diced
- 3 cloves garlic minced
- 20 ounces frozen spinach thawed and squeezed dry
- 8 ounces feta cheese crumbled
- 2 large eggs divided
- 1/4 cup fresh dill chopped
- 1/4 cup fresh parsley chopped
- 1/2 teaspoon ground nutmeg
- Salt and black pepper to taste
- 1 tablespoon sesame seeds optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F. Line two baking sheets with parchment.
- Heat olive oil in skillet over medium. Add onion, cook until soft, 5 minutes. Stir in garlic, 1 minute.
- Add spinach, cook 3-4 minutes to dry out. Remove from heat.
- Mix in feta, 1 egg, dill, parsley, nutmeg, salt, pepper. Cool 20 minutes.
- Cut each puff pastry sheet into 9 squares. Spoon 1-2 tablespoons filling center.
- Fold corners to center, press to seal. Place on sheets.
- Brush tops with remaining egg. Sprinkle sesame seeds.
- Bake 18-22 minutes until golden. Cool 5 minutes.
Notes
- Squeeze spinach dry in towel for crisp puffs.
- Chill pastry before using.
- Freeze extras unbaked.