Spinach Feta And Roasted Red Pepper Pastry Recipes

FETA AND RED PEPPER PIE

Steps:

• Halve and deseed peppers.
• Grill until skin is blackened and blistered.
• Cool and remove skin.
• Cut into quarters.
• Melt butter.
• Brush a sheet of filo with melted butter.
• Place in a 20cm round cake tin.
• Repeat with another 4 sheets of pastry and melted butter, layering the pastry at right angles.
• Cover with a tea towel.
• Remove stalks from spinach and blanch the leaves in boiling water for 2-3 minutes or until just limp.
• Pat dry with paper towels.
• Crumble the feta.
• Place spinach at the bottom of the pie.
• Spread over yogurt.
• Top with feta.
• Place peppers on top.
• Grind pepper over.
• Brush 3 remaining sheets of pastry with melted butter.
• Place pastry on top of vegetables.
• Fold over edges.
• Brush with melted butter.
• Sprinkle sesame seeds over.
• Bake at 180C degrees for 35 minutes or until golden.

SPINACH, RED PEPPER, AND FETA QUICHE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425°F.
• In a bowl with a pastry blender or in a small food processor blend together flour, butter, shortening, and a pinch salt until mixture resembles meal. Add water and toss until incorporated, adding additional water if necessary to form a dough. Pat dough onto bottom and one half inch up sides of a 7 1/2-inch tart pan with removable fluted rim or a 9-inch pie plate and bake shell in bottom third of oven until set and pale golden, about 7 minutes.
• While shell is baking, in a large skillet sauté bell pepper in oil over moderately high heat, stirring, 1 minute. Add spinach and sauté, stirring, until wilted and tender, about 1 minute. Remove skillet from heat and season spinach mixture with salt and pepper. In a small bowl whisk together eggs and cream.
• Sprinkle feta over bottom of shell and arrange spinach mixture on top. Pour cream mixture over spinach and bake quiche on a baking sheet in middle of oven 15 minutes. Reduce temperature to 350°F. and bake until set, about 10 minutes.