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Spinach and feta cheese pate

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Ingredients for 8 servings:

  • 300 g sheep’s cheese
  • 450 g leaf spinach, frozen (thawed)
  • 2 eggs
  • 20 g pine nuts
  • salt and pepper
  • 50 g butter
  • 2 sheets of dough (yufka), about 320g (Turkish supermarket)

Instructions

Working time approx. 15 minutes; Total time approx. 15 minutes

Mash the feta cheese with a fork. Squeeze the spinach well. Mix the spinach, eggs, and feta cheese. Stir in the pine nuts and season with salt and pepper. Melt the butter. Brush the yufka dough generously on both sides with the melted butter. Place both sheets of dough in a 26 cm springform pan. Spread the filling on top and smooth it down. Loosely tuck any overhanging edges of the dough over the filling. Bake the pie in the oven at 200°C for about 20 minutes until golden brown.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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