Cheesy spinach parcels
If you want to add more lacto ovo vegetarian recipes to your collection, Cheesy spinach parcels might be a recipe you should try. This recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains roughly 8g of protein, 23g of fat, and a total of 256 calories. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes about 45 minutes. 11 person found this recipe to be delicious and satisfying. This recipe from BBC Good Food requires spinach, filo pastry, nutmeg, and pine nut. It works well as a side dish. If you like this recipe, take a look at these similar recipes: Chicken Spinach Parcels, Lamb Exohiko (Lamb, Spinach and Cheese Stuffed Phyllo Parcels), and Cheesy Spinach.
Instructions
Heat oven to 190C/fan 170C/gas
Place spinach in a pan and stir over a high heat until wilted. Strain, squeeze out as much liquid as possible, then roughly chop.
Heat oil in a frying pan, saut shallot until softened.
Add walnuts, then fry for 2-3 mins.
Remove from heat, stir in spinach, cheese, nutmeg, cream and seasoning.
Mix walnut oil with butter.
Brush a thin coating on a piece of pastry.
Place another piece on top with corners at a different angle, brush with the butter and repeat with one more piece.
Place a spoonful of spinach mix in the centre, bring up corners of pastry and pinch in the middle to form a parcel. Repeat to make remaining parcels, then transfer to a greased baking tray.
Brush parcels with remaining butter and oil.
Bake for 20 mins until golden.