{"id":55512,"date":"2016-11-21T21:00:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-21T20:00:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ellerepublic.de\/spinatpastete-mit-feta-und-ricotta\/"},"modified":"2020-05-12T22:38:35","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T20:38:35","slug":"free-form-spinach-pie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ellerepublic.de\/en\/free-form-spinach-pie\/","title":{"rendered":"Free-Form Spinach Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"

This spinach pie is one of my all-time favorite comfort food meals — one I have been making for years. It’s easy to throw together on a weeknight and leftovers taste great reheated the next day. Best part is… it is absolutely delicious. Okay, anything wrapped in puff pastry is delicious. Okay, puff pastry is certainly not a health food, but extra spinach makes up for it, right?<\/p>\n

This is one of those recipes that you never really need a recipe for. Once you have made it, you can make it over and over again without ever having to think about it. It’s just that simple.<\/p>\n

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Like a Greek spinach pie but different<\/h2>\n

This is kind of like a Greek spanakopita — a spanakopita with extra spinach, two types of cheese, two types of herbs, a little lemon zest for some sunshiny flavors and a pinch of grated chili pepper flakes for a little more depth of flavor. Oh, and puff pastry instead of flaky phyllo pastry dough. Okay, it could be spanakopita’s wilder cousin. Wilder cousin who doesn’t conform to the rules. Yes, it’s that flexible. You could make this gallete<\/a> style (meaning a rather rustic, free-form tart that only has its edges folded in just enough to to keep everything in place), or your could prepare this spinach pie in a tart form or pie dish and fold in the corners, or<\/em> you could do as I do and cook it on a pizza pan or baking sheet fully encased in puff pastry. Plus you could even go further and use phyllo (filo) pastry for extra thin and light layers.<\/p>\n

A spinach pie that’s easy to prepare, using simple ingredients<\/h2>\n

I almost always have frozen spinach on hand (and newly frozen kale, cause I finally found a supermarket that carries it, thanks to the smoothie and kale trend!) And since spinach is always on hand and the other ingredients are easily always available at my local supermarket, this dish makes for the perfect, quick, pick-up some stuff up after work and prepare type of meal. That is if I remember to call my favorite Schwabe and ask him to take the spinach out of the freezer to thaw on time! \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n

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