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Savoury Food 

 Spinach and feta filo Pie

 

100g pine nuts

5 eggs

300g feta cheese

50g Cheddar cheese

dried oregano

1 lemon

a good knob of butter

400g pre-washed spinach (I use frozen )

1x 270g pack of filo pastry

cayenne pepper

 Half a nutmeg.

 

Pre-heat your oven to 180°C. Heat a dry ovenproof frying pan over a medium heat and lightly toast the pine nuts until they are just tinged brown. Remove from the pan and put to one side for a moment. I don't always use the pine nuts

 

Break the eggs into a large mixing bowl, then crumble in the feta cheese and grate in the Cheddar. Add a good grind of pepper and a couple of pinches of dried oregano. Then grate in the zest of 1 lemon and a drizzzle of extra virgin olive oil.

 

 

In a spring loaded cake tin 

Take the file pastry out of the fridge and lay a large sheet of greaseproof paper on a clean dry worktop. Rub a little olive oil over the paper, then scrunch it up and lay it out flat again. Arrange four to five sheets of filo pastry in a rectangle, overlapping a bit at the edges, so they almost cover the paper. Rub some olive oil over the sheets, then sprinkle over a pinch of cayenne pepper and season lightly. Repeat until you have 4 or 5 layers of filo.

 

Add the egg cheese spinich mixture 

 

Fold over the edges of the filo pastry back over so that they completely cover the egg mixture.

 

Cover top with last sheet of filo brush with oil. 

 

Cover with a damp piece of grease proof paper

 

Bake 1 hour to 1and a half hours.  The deeper the pie the longer to cook 

 

 

 

 

I have made this loads and only cook a batch at a time you can leave the rest of the dough  in the fridge or freezer so that you always have it ready for an emergency

 

Ingredients

100g cold unsalted butter, cut into chunks

100g plain flour, plus extra for flouring

pinch salt

pinch cayenne pepper

1 heaped tsp mustard powder

100g finely grated parmesan, 

1 egg, beaten

Poppy seeds or sesame seeds

 

Preparation method

Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.

 

Place the butter and flour into the bowl of a food processor with the salt, cayenne, mustard powder and cheeses. Process together to begin with, and then finely pulse the mixture in short spurts as you notice the mixture coming together - it will eventually bind without the need for egg or water. 

 

Form a sausage about the size of a £2coin .Wrap in cling film and leave to chill in the fridge over night

 

Roll in or brush with beaten egg then roll in seeds

 

 Cut the biscuits in thin slices ( about the with of a 10 pence )

Lay them out on a greased baking tray about 2cm/¾in apart 

 

 Bake for 5 to 10  minutes, ( depending on thickness ) or until they are a gorgeous golden-brown colour; the superb smell will also inform you that they are ready.

 

Carefully lift the biscuits off the tray using a palette knife and place on a rack to cool. The biscuits will keep well in a sealed container for a few days . 

 

 

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