Spanokopita-Style Hand Pies

Name: Spanokopita-Style Hand Pies
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 113 grams manouri cheese; 2 Tbsps dill, finly chopped; 113 grams mild feta cheese; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 Zest of lemon, plus juice, if needed; 1 teaspoon nutmeg, freshly grated; 59 milliliters olive oil; 1 medium onion, finely chopped; 1 sheet puff pastry, thawed; 283 grams fresh spinach

This vegetarian recipe serves 4. One portion of this dish contains around 11g of protein, 43g of fat, and a total of 566 calories. Head to the store and pick up onion, spinach, manouri cheese, and a few other things to make it today. From preparation to the plate, this recipe takes roughly 1 hour.

Instructions

Heat oil in a medium-sized Dutch oven on medium-low, then add onion. Cook, with a pinch of salt, stirring often. When onion is softened and translucent, about 5 minutes, add garlic and cook one more minute.

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Garlic

Onion

Salt

Cooking Oil

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Dutch Oven

Add spinach, tossing to coat with oil, and add another small pinch of salt. Cook until spinach is very tender but not mushy, about 5 minutes, then turn off heat and stir in cheese.

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Spinach

Cheese

Salt

Cooking Oil

Add lemon zest, nutmeg, and dill. Salt to taste, and add lemon juice 1/2 teaspoon at a time tasting until desired flavor is achieved. Set aside.

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Lemon Juice

Lemon Zest

Nutmeg

Dill

Salt

Heat oven to 400°F and adjust rack to middle position, then lightly dust a work surface and a rolling pin with flour.

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All Purpose Flour

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Rolling Pin

Oven

Roll puff pastry out into a 10- by 8-inch rectangle. Using a sharp knife, cut the puff pastry into four smaller rectangles.

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Puff Pastry Sheets

Roll

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Knife

Dock the center of each rectangle lightly with a fork, leaving half an inch of space on each side. Spoon 1/4 of filling into each rectangle and fold over like a book. To seal edges, crimp by lightly pressing down on them with the back of the fork.

Bake hand pies on a parchment-lined sheet pan until pastry is well-browned, firm, and dry, about 30 minutes. Or freeze pies on sheet pan for several hours, then transfer to a zip-top bag for long-term storage.

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Oven

Frying Pan