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Spanakopita Spiral
Spanakopita comes from the Greek words Spanaki and pita which mean spinach and pie! Add Violife Greek White and you got yourself a light & delicious meal.
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Cooking time1 hour
Prep time30 minutes
DifficultyEasy
Servings8 portions
- 180 g Violife vioblock melted
- 8 filo pastry sheets
- 1/2 tbsp sesame seeds
FOR THE FILLING:
- 200 g Violife greek white crumbled
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small onion finely chopped
- 5 spring onions finely chopped
- 2 leeks sliced
- 800 g spinach
- bunch fresh dill chopped plus extra to serve
- small bunch fresh parsley chopped
- 1 tsp dried mint
- salt and freshly ground pepper
- finely grated zest and juice 1 lemon
- In a medium pan, heat olive oil and gently sauté the onions and the leek until golden and fragrant. Add the spinach until wilted and then remove from heat.
- Add the rest of the ingredients to the pan, mix well and set aside.
- Place one rectangular sheet of fyllo pastry on a lightly floured surface, brush with VIOBLOCK, then top with another sheet of fyllo, brushing again.
- Repeat with another two sheets side by side forming a long rectangle.
- Add half of the spinach mixture in a line alongside the long edge and roll up into a cylinder. Brush with VIOBLOCK.
- Repeat with the remaining fyllo pastry and filling.
- Coil the cylinder into a spiral, add the other half and secure between each other, to create one big coil.
- Place in a round greased baking tin. Drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
- Bake for 50-60 minutes until golden and slice to enjoy!
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