Spinach And Rice Pie Food

SPINACH, RICE & FETA PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Melt butter in a large skillet over medium heat.
• Add chopped onion and saute for 3 minutes.
• Stir in flour, salt and pepper.
• Gradually add milk, stirring with a whisk until well blended.
• Bring mixture to a simmer and cook for 1 minute or until slightly thick, stirring constantly.
• Remove skillet from heat and stir in the cooked rice, feta cheese, egg, egg whites and spinach.
• Pour mixture into a 9 inch pie plate coated with cooking spray.
• Sprinkle Parmesan cheese over pie.
• Bake for 35 minutes or until set.
• Broil for 2 minutes or until pie is golden brown.

TORTA DI RISO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Brush a pie plate with 1 tablespoon olive and dust with 1 tablespoon Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
• Heat remaining olive oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Cook and stir leeks with a pinch of salt in hot oil until leeks are soft and sweet, 5 to 10 minutes. Stir garlic into leeks and cook until fragrant, about 1 minute.
• Stir leek mixture, rice, spinach, 3/4 cup Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese, eggs, salt, black pepper, cayenne pepper, and nutmeg together in a bowl. Transfer spinach-rice mixture to the prepared pie dish and smooth the surface with a spatula; dust the top with remaining 1 tablespoon Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese.
• Bake in the preheated oven until torta is lightly browned around the outside and firm to the touch, 35 to 40 minutes.

SPINACH AND RICE PIE

Steps:

• In small skillet, over medium heat, saute scallions in 1 tbsp of the butter until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Let cool slightly.
• In large bowl, lightly beat eggs. Stir in feta and cottage cheeses, dried dill, salt and scallions.
• With your hands, gently squeeze all water out of the spinach.
• Add spinach, rice and lemon to egg mixture, stirring to combine well.
• Heat oven to 350F and set out a 9-inch deep dish pie plate. Melt remaining 5 tbsp butter.
• Unroll phyllo; keep covered with plastic wrap. Working quickly and carefully, remove 1 sheet and place on a clean, flat surface.
• Brush very lightly with melted butter and place in pie plate with about 2 inches of the phyllo hanging over the rim.
• Repeat with 7 more sheets, arranging them around the pie plate in an overlapping pattern with a 2-inch overhang.
• Scrape spinach filling into pie plate, smoothing the top.
• Brush butter over 1 phyllo sheet, fold it in half and place it on top of the filling.
• Repeat with a second sheet.
• Gentliy lift the overhanging phyllo over the top to encase the pie.
• Lightly brush the top with any remaining butter.
• Bake at 350F for 50 minutes or until filling reaches 160F and crust is golden.

SPINACH AND FETA PIE

Steps:

• 1. Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F. Heat the oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and cook the garlic, onions and chard stems until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the rice and 1/2 teaspoon salt to combine. Add 1 cup water, cover, reduce the heat to low and cook without stirring until the rice is tender but not mushy, about 12 minutes. Uncover, add the spinach, chard leaves and 3/4 teaspoon salt. Cook, stirring, until the greens are wilted, about 3 minutes. Transfer to a large bowl to cool (stirring with a large spoon will speed this up).
• 2. When the filling is cool, stir in the egg and then the feta, dill, raisins, pine nuts and lemon zest.
• 3. Place a large piece of parchment paper on a work surface. Lay out one sheet of phyllo and brush all over with some of the melted butter. Lay another sheet crosswise on top and brush with butter again. Working to form a large round of phyllo layers, lay an additional 6 sheets of phyllo dough diagonally over the first 2 sheets, brushing each sheet with butter, so they overlap in the center. Spread the filling in the center of the sheets and bring all the loose ends of the phyllo to rest on top to make a free-form pie, using the butter to help the pieces stick to each other. Lay 4 of the remaining 6 sheets of phyllo evenly over the top of the pie, tucking the edges under the bottom to form an enclosed disk and brushing each piece of dough with butter. Use the last 2 sheets, if necessary, to cover the filling or enclose the circle. Brush the outside of the pie with butter.
• 4. Lift the parchment with the pie onto a rimmed baking sheet and bake until the phyllo is golden brown and crispy, about 40 minutes. Serve hot or at room temperature with the Tomato Salad on the side.
• Toss the tomatoes with the pepperoncini and the olives in a medium bowl. Drizzle with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.

SPANAKOPITA (GREEK SPINACH PIE)

Steps:

• In a food processor, pulse the flour and salt until combined. Add the shortening and pulse until the mixture resembles cornmeal mixed with pea-sized bits, about 10 times. While the motor is running, drizzle in the water until a dough forms.
• Form the dough into a disk, wrap it in plastic wrap, and refrigerate until thoroughly chilled, at least 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Grease a 9 by 13-inch baking pan. Divide the dough in half; press half the dough up and around the inside of the pan. Set the remaining dough aside covered with plastic wrap.
• Line the pan with foil and fill with dried beans. Bake the dough for 20 minutes and remove the beans and foil. Continue baking the crust until golden brown, about 10 minutes more. Let the pan cool on a rack.
• Meanwhile, make the spinach filling: Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until lightly browned, about 6 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring occasionally, for 2 minutes. Add the spinach, little by little (adding more as the previous batch wilts), and cook, stirring, until completely wilted. Season with the salt and pepper and stir in the parsley, dill, and scallions.
• Drain the spinach mixture in a colander in the sink and let cool.
• Once the spinach is cool, stir in the feta and spread the mixture into the crust. Roll the remaining dough out on a well-floured surface, into a rectangle large enough to cover the baking pan. Top the spinach with the dough and pinch around the sides to seal. Score the top of the pie in the center, brush the surface of the dough with egg wash, and bake until golden brown, about 40 minutes.
• Remove the pie from the oven, let cool, cut into squares and serve.

SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 375 degrees. In a medium saute pan on medium heat, saute the onions with the olive oil until translucent and slightly browned, 10 to 15 minutes. Add the salt and pepper and allow to cool slightly. Squeeze out and discard as much of the liquid from the spinach as possible. Put the spinach into a bowl and then gently mix in the onions, eggs, nutmeg, Parmesan cheese, bread crumbs, feta, and pignoli. Butter an ovenproof, nonstick, 8-inch saute pan and line it with 6 stacked sheets of phyllo dough, brushing each with melted butter and letting the edges hang over the pan. Pour the spinach mixture into the middle of the phyllo and neatly fold the edges up and over the top to seal in the filling. Brush the top well with melted butter. Bake for 1 hour, until the top is golden brown and the filling is set. Remove from the oven and allow to cool completely. Serve at room temperature.

SPINACH AND RICE

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet & saute onions until translucent.
• Add spinach and cook until wilted, stirring occasionally.
• Add tomatoes (with liquids) and water.
• Bring to a boil.
• Add rice, lower heat & let simmer, stirring occasionally, for 20-25 minutes until rice is done.

SPINACH RICE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large pan, add the onion and gently cook until softened but not coloured. Add the spinach and half the dill. Cook on a high heat, stirring regularly, until the spinach has wilted down and all the liquid has evaporated.
• Stir in the rice and add 600ml water, then bring to the boil. Turn the heat right down again to a very gentle simmer, cover the pan with a tight-fitting lid and cook for 25-30 mins or until the rice has cooked and absorbed all the water. Give it a stir after 15 mins to ensure even cooking, adding a drop more water as required.
• When the rice is cooked, stir in the remaining dill, season well, squeeze over the lemon juice to taste, and serve.

EASY FRESH SPINACH PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 375ºF.
• Microwave spinach in microwaveable bowl on HIGH 3 to 4 min. or just until wilted. Meanwhile, whisk eggs in large bowl until blended. Add cottage cheese and flour; mix well.
• Chop spinach coarsely. Stir into cottage cheese mixture along with the mozzarella. Spoon into 9-inch pie plate sprayed with cooking spray.
• Bake 40 min. or until center is set.

CRISPY GREEK-STYLE PIE

Steps:

• Put the spinach into a large pan. Pour over a couple tbsp water, then cook until just wilted. Tip into a sieve, leave to cool a little, then squeeze out any excess water and roughly chop. Roughly chop the tomatoes and put into a bowl along with the spinach, feta and eggs. Mix well.
• Carefully unroll the filo pastry. Cover with some damp sheets of kitchen paper to stop it drying out. Take a sheet of pastry and brush liberally with some of the sundried tomato oil. Drape oil-side down in a 22cm loosebottomed cake tin so that some of the pastry hangs over the side. Brush oil on another piece of pastry and place in the tin, just a little further round. Keep placing the pastry pieces in the tin until you have roughly three layers, then spoon over the filling. Pull the sides into the middle, scrunch up and make sure the filling is covered. Brush with a little more oil.
• Heat oven to 180C/fan 160C/gas 4. Cook the pie for 30 mins until the pastry is crisp and golden brown. Remove from the cake tin, slice into wedges and serve with salad.

SPINACH, RICE AND FETA PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
• Spray a 9 inch pie plate with the cooking spray.
• Squeeze all moisture out of spinach.
• In a large saucepan, over medium heat, melt butter and saute onion 3 minutes.
• Stir in flour, salt and pepper.
• Gradually add in milk stirring with a whisk, until smooth.
• Bring mixture to a boil, reduce heat and simmer until slightly thickened, stirring constantly.
• Remove from heat. Stir in rice, Feta, egg, egg white and spinach.
• Pour mixture into prepared pie plate, sprinkle top with Parmesan and b ake for 35 minutes.
• Turn broiler on and broil until top is golden brown, about 2 minutes.

HUNZA PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 200°C.
• Combine flours and butter in a food processor. Process until mixture resembles bread crumbs.
• Add cold water and process until dough comes together.
• Turn out onto a floured surface and knead until smooth, 4-5 minutes.
• Wrap dough in cling wrap and refrigerate until needed.
• Melt the butter over medium heat.
• Add the onion and garlic and cook until soft.
• Remove from pan and allow to cool.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the spinach, feta, ricotta, cheese and eggs, stirring to combine.
• Add the rice and onion.
• Season generously with nutmeg, salt and pepper.
• Divide pastry into 4.
• Roll ¼ of pastry into round (dinner plate size) approximately 2mm thick. Place on baking tray.
• Heap ½ of filling onto pastry, leaving 2cm rim around outside. Cover with second rolled out piece of pastry. Crimp edges. Slash top to vent steam.
• Make second pie with remaining pastry and filling.
• Bake for 10 minutes at 200C, then reduce oven to 180C and bake for a further 40 minutes.
• Pie is ready when pastry is golden.