Spanakopita

Spanakopita

During our trip to Astoria ,Queens I was introduced to a pastry call Spanakopita (Greek Spinach Pie)

This is an authentic, really rich pie stuffed with spinach, onions, feta and herbs that are all enfolded by crispy, flaky phyllo dough. It was savory and seems like something you would eat for breakfast or maybe for lunch. You can find it or make it into different shapes like snack-sized, triangles, even rolls or cigars. While looking up what Spanakopita is I found that in Greece less amounts of spinach is sometimes used and leeks, chard or sorrel would be used to substitute for spinach. I would definitely eat this again, it reminded me of Baklava which is a Greek dessert that also made with phyllo dough.

Tiropita is also similar to the spinach pie, with layers of phyllo dough but filled with a cheese and egg mixture

 

 

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