Athens: Spinach & Feta Pastry Slice |
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Serves 4 |
Prep 20 mins |
Cooking 25 mins |
Easy |
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Ingredients |
1 tbsp vegetable oil
400g baby spinach
300g feta, crumbled
1 tbsp garlic granules (optional)
320g ready-rolled puff pastry
1 egg, beaten
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Heat the oven to 220C/fan
200C/gas 7, and line your largest baking tray with some
baking paper
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Heat a large frying pan over a
medium heat. Once hot, drizzle in the oil and cook the
spinach for a few minutes, stirring occasionally, until
completely wilted. Tip into a sieve and allow to cool
before squeezing out as much liquid as possible. Finely
chop the spinach and put into a mixing bowl along with the
crumbled feta, garlic granules and a generous amount of
black pepper. Mix together well until evenly combined.
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Remove the pastry sheet from
the fridge and unroll. Cut the sheet lengthways down the
middle to make two long rectangles. Pile the filling onto
one piece, leaving a generous border around the edges, but
compressing the spinach to make a sausage shape along the
length of the pastry. Cut little widthways slashes along
the other piece of pastry, stopping just over a centimetre
shy of the edges. Brush around the spinach sausage with
some of the beaten egg. Gently lift the sheet up and
stretch it a little to open up the slashes and then put
carefully over the spinach-topped pastry.
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Use a fork to seal all around
the pastry edges, crimping as you go. Brush the pastry all
over with the beaten egg, avoiding getting any in the
exposed areas of spinach, and then bake for 25-30 minutes
or until crisp and deep golden brown. Serve warm or at
room temperature.
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