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Pamela Salzman
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I cannot tell you how much we love this spanakopita recipe. And my friends are all obsessed with it too. The recipe was given to me from my friend John's mom, Libby, who is Greek. I think the key is using a combination of cottage cheese and feta. The cottage cheese lightens it up a little, not that it's a light dish!😂 I often use frozen/defrosted spinach but in this video I used steamed/fresh spinach and squeezed excess water out. If I make this for entertaining, I try to prep the spinach-feta mixture the day before and refrigerate it. I have strong feelings about feta and encourage you to buy feta made with goat and/or sheep milk (not cow) and not pre-crumbled for best flavor and quality. I have the full printable recipe on my site but I know some of you like to have the re pie in the caption so here you go: 1 package filo dough, thawed overnight in the refrigerator* 3 10-ounce packages frozen chopped spinach, thawed (or use 2 16-ounce packages) 1 bunch fresh scallions or 1 medium onion, chopped 1 bunch fresh dill, chopped 2 sticks unsalted butter 1 lb goat or sheep milk feta cheese, crumbled 2 c cottage cheese Handful of grated parmesan cheese 3 large eggs + 1 extra yolk Melt 6 Tbs. butter in a sauté pan and add scallions and dill. Saute until transparent. Squeeze excess water from the spinach. You can use a dish towel to wring out the moisture. Beat the 3 whole eggs in a large mixing bowl and add the spinach, sautéed scallions and dill, feta, cottage cheese, and grated cheese. Mix well together. Melt remaining butter. Brush the bottom of a 13x9 baking dish with melted butter. Place 10 sheets of filo dough one sheet at a time into the baking dish, brushing each sheet with melted butter. Put filling into baking dish. Add 10 more sheets of filo dough, buttering each one. Beat the egg yolk and brush the top sheet of filo with the egg. Cut into squares before baking (12 or so). Bake at 350 degrees for about 1 hour or until golden brown. *If the package has 20 13 x 20-inch sheets, just cut the stack in half to make 20 13 x 10-inch sheets and save the other stack for another time. #spanakopita #recipeoftheday #dairy #feta #vegetarianrecipes #pamelasalzman