SPANAKOPETA (SPINACH PIE)

Categories: Side dish, Vegetables, Greek, Holiday

Yield: 24 servings

       3    Scallions; chopped
       1 c  Butter; melted, divided
       5    Eggs; beaten
       3 pk Spinach (frozen, chopped);
            -(10 oz ea) thawed and
            -pressed dry
   1 1/2 c  Feta cheese; crumbled
     1/2 c  Cottage cheese
      16    Pastry sheets or strudel
            -leaves (filo)
     

Saute scallions in 2 tablespoons melted butter; combine with eggs, spinach, and cheese. Place 8 pastry steets, each brushed with melted butter, in a greased 13x9x2-inch pan.

Place spinach mixture evenly over pastry sheets. Top with remaining pastry sheets, having top sheet well buttered. Bake at 350 degrees for 1 hour and 15 minutes. Cut into squares or diamond shapes. Serve hot. Spanakopeta freezes well.

SOURCE: Southern Living Magazine, sometime in the early 1970s. Typed for you by Nancy Coleman.