Spinach Rice Feta Pie Food

CHEF JOHN'S SPINACH AND FETA PIE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Heat butter in a large oven-safe skillet over high heat. Toss spinach in hot butter until wilted, about 30 seconds. Drain spinach well and squeeze it as dry as possible. Transfer to a cutting board and chop.
• Beat eggs in a bowl with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper until thoroughly combined.
• Place bacon in the same skillet used to cook spinach and cook over medium-high heat, stirring occasionally, until bacon has rendered its fat and is almost crisp, 5 to 8 minutes. Use a paper towel held in a tongs to remove excess bacon grease. Reduce heat to medium; saute onion with bacon and a pinch of salt until onion is translucent, about 5 more minutes.
• Saute chopped spinach with bacon and onion until spinach is hot; pour in eggs. Use a wooden spoon to distribute spinach evenly throughout the eggs. Sprinkle feta cheese over mixture.
• Bake in the preheated oven until eggs are set, 10 to 15 minutes. Top may still be a little wet.
• Turn on oven's broiler. Broil pie until top is lightly golden brown, 2 to 3 minutes.

IMPOSSIBLY EASY SPINACH AND FETA PIE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400°. Grease pie plate, 9x1 1/4 inches. Mix spinach, cheese and onions in pie plate.
• Stir remaining ingredients until blended. Pour into pie plate.
• Bake 30 to 35 minutes or until knife inserted in center comes out clean. Let stand 5 minutes before serving.

DELICIOUS SPINACH RICE WITH FETA

Steps:

• Bring water and rice to a boil in a saucepan. Reduce heat to medium-low, cover, and simmer until rice is tender and liquid has been absorbed, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Heat oil in a large skillet over medium heat. Add green onions and garlic; cook and stir until softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in spinach and dill until wilted, 3 to 5 minutes. Stir in cooked rice. Transfer to a large serving dish.
• Heat a small skillet over medium heat. Add pine nuts; cook and stir until toasted, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Top rice with toasted pine nuts, feta cheese, mint, lemon zest, lemon juice, and sumac.

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.

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.

GREEK SPINACH RICE WITH FETA

Steps:

• In a deep pan heat up 1 tablespoon of olive oil;
• Add onion and simmer for about 10 minutes on low heat;
• Add thyme and leaks and simmer for another 5 minutes;
• Add half a cup of water and broth base, then simmer for another 5 minutes;
• Add spinach and cook until wilted;
• Add rice and let it cook for about 2 minutes;
• Add half a cup of water and stir;
• Keep adding half a cup of water at the time once the rice absorbs it;
• It can take about 20 -25 minutes until rice is fully cooked;
• Adjust seasoning with salt and pepper.
• At the end add dill and mix well;
• Take off the burner and cover it up; Add lemon juice and olive oil;
• Let it sit for about 5-10 minutes to have all the liquid absorbed;
• When serving, sprinkle more lemon juice, olive oil and top it with Feta Cheese. Enjoy!

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, 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.

SPANAKORIZO - GREEK SPINACH RICE

Steps:

• Rinse the rice well a few times until the water runs clear. Put the rice in a bowl and add water to cover it by 1 inch. Let is sit to soak for 20 minutes or until you are easily able to break one grain of rice between your fingers.
• Heat ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil in a braising pan. Add the onions and cook for 5 minutes, stirring regularly, until soft and golden brown. Add the spinach, lemon juice, garlic, tomato paste, and a big pinch of kosher salt and black pepper. Sautee the spinach until just wilted. Stir in the mint and dill weed.
• Drain the rice well and add it to the pan. Add 1 ½ cups of warm water. Bring to a boil for 3 minutes until the water reduces a bit. Turn the heat to low and cover.
• Let the rice cook undisturbed for 20 minutes or until the rice is tender and fully cooked through and all the liquid has been absorbed.
• Once cooked, let the rice sit covered for 5 to 10 minutes before serving.
• When ready, fluff the rice with a fork and garnish for feta and parsley, if you like.

SPANAKOPITA: GREEK SPINACH PIE WITH FETA CHEESE

Steps:

• Gather the ingredients.
• Wash and drain the chopped spinach very well. If using frozen spinach, thaw completely and squeeze out excess water. The spinach should be dry before you begin cooking.
• Heat 1/2 cup of the olive oil in a deep sauté pan or large Dutch oven. Sauté the onions and green onions until tender.
• Add the spinach, parsley, and dill , and cook for 5 to 10 minutes until the spinach is wilted and heated through.
• Add the nutmeg and season with salt and pepper. The spinach mixture should be on the dry side; if using frozen spinach, you will want to cook it until any excess moisture evaporates. Remove from the heat and set the spinach mixture aside to cool.
• In a large mixing bowl, combine the feta, eggs, and ricotta cheese.
• Add the cooled spinach mixture and mix until combined.
• Gather the ingredients.
• Combine the melted butter with the olive oil in a bowl. Using a pastry brush, lightly grease 2 (9 x 12-inch) rectangular pans.
• Carefully remove the phyllo roll from the plastic sleeve. Most packages come in 12 x 18-inch sheets when opened fully.
• Using kitchen scissors or a sharp knife, cut the sheets in half to make 2 stacks of 9 x 12-inch sheets. To prevent drying, cover 1 stack with wax paper and a damp paper towel while working with the other.
• Preheat the oven to 350 F. Layer about 10 sheets of phyllo on the bottom of each pan, making sure to brush each sheet with the butter-olive oil mixture before layering the next.
• Add half of the spinach mixture to each pan in an even layer and press with a spatula to flatten.
• Layer another 10 phyllo sheets on top of the spinach mixture in each pan, making sure to brush each sheet well with the butter-olive oil mixture.
• Before baking, score the top layer of the phyllo (making sure not to puncture the filling) to enable easier cutting of pieces later. (You can place the pan in the freezer to harden the top layers and then use a serrated knife to make the cutting easier.)
• Bake until the pie turns a deep golden brown, 20 to 25 minutes.
• Let cool for a few minutes and then slice, serve, and enjoy.