Spanakopeta (Spinach Pie)

Recipe Ingredients

3		Scallions - chopped
1 cup	198g / 7oz	Butter; melted - divided
5		Eggs - beaten
3		Spinach - (frozen, chopped), (10 oz ea) thawed an
		Dry
1 1/2 cups	219g / 7.7oz	Feta cheese - crumbled
1/2 cup	73g / 2.6oz	Cottage cheese
16		Pastry sheets or strudel - leaves (filo)

Recipe Instructions

Saute scallions in 2 tablespoons melted butter; combine with eggs, spinach, and cheese. Place 8 pastry sheets, 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 350F 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.

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