Spinach And Feta Strudel Recipes

SPINACH AND FETA STRUDEL

Steps:

• For the dough
• Mix the flour with the egg yolks, working the mixture with a fork until blended, add the warm milk with melted butter, work until a smooth elastic dough forms, knead 8-10 minutes with the mixer or 20 minutes by hand. Wrap in plastic wrap and refrigerate for at least an hour, it can be overnight.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• For the filling
• In a medium skillet over medium heat, heat the oil and brown the onion for 5 minutes. Add the green onions or scallions and cook 2 minutes more. Remove from heat. In a large bowl mix the onion and chives together with the well-drained spinach. Add the Parmesan cheese, breadcrumbs, nutmeg and pepper. Beat eggs until blended (30 seconds) and add to spinach mixture, stir well and add the feta cheese. Mix.
• On floured counter, roll the dough until very thin, you should be able to see through and be 15 "x 21". Move the dough on top of a tea towel and let stand 5 minutes to dry a little, brush with the vegetable oil. Spread the filling. Leaving 1" along the long side (21"). Roll up starting from the opposite long side, you want the strudel to be longer than fatter. Carefully place on an oiled baking sheet, give it a U shape, and brush with beaten egg.
• Bake 40-45 minutes until golden and crisp. Allow to cool in the baking sheet on wire rack and cut it warm. You can serve it cold or warm.

SPINACH FETA TRIANGLES

Steps:

• In a skillet melt butter and cook onion for about 3 minutes or until softened. Remove skillet from heat and stir in spinach, feta cheese and egg. Season with salt and pepper. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Lay out one layer of phyllo dough and brush with butter. Top with another layer of dough and repeat with butter and a third layer of dough. With a sharp knife cut rectangle into 3 evenly sized pieces. Place a heaping tablespoon of the spinach mixture in lower left corner of one of the pieces and fold up as you would a flag--folding the lower corner up to form a triangle and continuing to fold up in the shape of a triangle. Place triangles on a baking sheet, at this point they can be frozen and then stored in an airtight container. Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown and puffed.

SPANAKOPITA - GREEK SPINACH-FETA STRUDEL

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large frying pan (or skillet) and add chopped onion and minced garlic (adjust amount to your taste).
• Let fry until translucent.
• Add chopped spinach and let wilt.
• Season with nutmeg, vegetable broth granules, salt and pepper.
• Add ricotta cheese and stir to dissolve.
• Crumble walnuts to mixture.
• Add feta cubes and stir again.
• Let spinach filling cool for a couple of minutes.
• Meanwhile heat oven to 175°C and cover a baking tray with baking paper.
• Place puff pastry on baking tray and brush sides with melted butter.
• Pour cooled spinach mixture on pastry and cover two thirds of the pastry with mixture, leave half inch wide edges on the sides and bottom.
• Fold in bottom and sides and roll pastry to a strudel, seam side down.
• Brush with the rest of the melted butter.
• Bake for about 25minutes at 175°C until golden brown. After 15 minutes sprinkle strudel with sesame seeds.