Hello everybody, it’s Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to prepare a special dish, spinach hand pies. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
These tasty vegetarian hand-held pies are perfect for an on-the-go meal or snack. Empanadas and hand pies filled (pastelitos) with all sorts of fillings, cookies, pastry, desserts, etc. One of my favorites hand pies is the one stuffed with spinach and cheese. Don't have any Mighty Spinach on hand?
Spinach hand pies is one of the most popular of recent trending meals on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Spinach hand pies is something that I have loved my entire life. They are nice and they look fantastic.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can cook spinach hand pies using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Spinach hand pies:
- Make ready 2 cups baby spinach leaves ,tightly packed
- Get 3/4 cup onion , finely chopped
- Make ready 2 & 1/2 tsp minced garlic
- Make ready 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- Prepare 1/4 cup +2 tbsp ricotta cheese
- Prepare 1/4 cup parmesan cheese , grated
- Take 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
- Take 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- Make ready 1 tsp red chilli flakes
- Take 1 tbsp olive oi
- Take to taste salt
- Make ready 1 packet/ 2 sheets puff pastry sheets
Spanakopita or spinach pies are a mainstay in my kids' lunchboxes. Knowing that spinach is one vegetable they love and just adoring the idea of an easy-to-make hand-held meal, I set out to make. Add the spinach and cook, stirring occasionally, until the spinach is fully wilted. Set pumpkin hand pies on prepared baking sheet and brush with colored egg wash.
Instructions to make Spinach hand pies:
- In a skillet heat oil and saute the onions and garlic until soft. Turn heat off and let cool.
- In a medium size mixing bowl add all the remaining ingredients except the puff pastry sheets and eggs.
- Add the spinach once cooled and mix all the ingredients well. Check seasoning and adjust accordingly.
- On a lightly floured surface gently roll out one pastry sheet. Using a square or round cookie cutter, cut the pastry sheet.
- Brush each round / square with egg, place a little spinach and cheese mixture and fold over. Press the edges gently to seal the pie. Make slight indentations along the edge by pressing a fork along the sealed edges. Repeat the same process with the second sheet and all the the cut squares / rounds.
- Preheat oven at 200 degree centigrade. Line a baking tray with parchment paper.
- Brush egg on top off all the pies, place them on baking sheet and bake for 18 - 20 minutes until golden brown.
- Remove to a cooling rack and let cool for a few minutes before serving. Can be eaten warm or at room temperature.
- Makes 8 - 10 pies depending on the size of of the cutter.
Add the spinach and cook, stirring occasionally, until the spinach is fully wilted. Set pumpkin hand pies on prepared baking sheet and brush with colored egg wash. This is an authentic, really rich pie stuffed with spinach, onions, cheeses and herbs that are all enfolded by crispy, flaky phyllo dough. My name is Carrie and I'm the Bakeaholic Mama. Master mama and a wannabe baker.
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