You'll never imagine that this green leaves can turn into something full of flavor, tastier & marvelously healthy!! I use 5 bunches of fresh spinach (each is around 100 gram, only use the leaves). My hubby do love spinach, but mostly i only saute them and to me it's kind of boring. So i tried to convert this simple thing into something lux and better look. Super easy, quick and you wont find it hard to finish-up the whole pan ;D
Last, great companion for this pie is slices of Foccasia bread & red wine!...Hemmmmm..mama mia...
** SPINACH PIE **
INGREDIENTS :
1 pounds spinach, rinsed and chopped
8 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
1 (8 ounce) container cottage cheese
5 eggs (small, or 4 for medium)
1/2 cup chopped garlic
3/4 teaspoon poultry seasoning (optional, i used knorr chicken flavor)
1 teaspoons chopped tyme
2 teaspoons oregano
1 teaspoon grated nutmeg
1 teaspoon ground black pepper
salt & sugar to taste
2 cups bread crumbs
4 tablespoons butter, melted
DIRECTIONS :
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Prepare one 9x13 inch ceramic casserole dish. No need to grease.
In a large frying pan, saute the chopped garlic just until fragrant then pour the spinach. If you want to add mushroom just go ahead. Then pinch of salt, sugar, nutmeg, tyme, pepper pour in, stir well. No need to cook until it gets lump. - In other bowl, combine the cheeses, eggs, poultry seasoning, oregano, nutmeg. Pour in the saute the spinach. Just mix until all leaves cover with cheese. Pour into prepared dish.
- Cover the surface with and melted butter. Bake for 30 minutes.
- Let it cool or you may put them in the fridge, so they're firm enough to cut.
..One of the great companion..
