My dad's 68th birthday would have been this past Sunday September 9th. It's been 3 years plus a few months since his repose. We made "spanikopita," or spinach triangles, which he loved, to share at the meal after Liturgy:
https://www.thespruceeats.com/spinach-pie-with-feta-spanakopita-1706022
Although this recipe isn't exactly what I did, it is similar...I simplified it.
I bought a package of Pepperidge Farm puff pastry and cut the 2 "sheets" into a total of 18 squares.
I put a dallop of the spinach, onion, egg, feta in the center and folded it over pinching the seams. I brushed egg on top.
Baked and looking beautifully browned:
We'll make them again soon.
That is a sweet way to remember your father...something he loved to share.
ReplyDeleteI will share with you a link to the way I was taught to make spanakopita from a friend from Macedonia. Yours are perhaps better for making for a large group, but for a smaller gathering or just the family maybe you will try these sometime...so good:
The link didn't show up for me, Jeanette. Can you try again?
DeleteI love your idea of using puff pastry instead of phyllo - that certainly does simplify things, and makes me more hopeful of making these delicious triangles!! They might actually resemble more the pastries I ate in Turkey so long ago, which had the same type of filling but were not made with phyllo...
ReplyDeleteHow great to share with others a food your father loved as a way of remembering him on his birthday. Your version of spanakopita looks delicious!
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