Spanakopita Triangles are a tasty snack, lunch, a Greek appetizer for your party. Crispy phyllo triangles stuffed with spinach and feta. Perfect for your Greek Meze feast, a holiday finger food appetizer, or with your next antipasto or charcuterie platter.
Course Appetizers
Cuisine Greek
Keyword Spanakopita triangles, spinach and feta triangles
Prep Time 42 minutesminutes
Cook Time 18 minutesminutes
Total Time 1 hourhour
Servings 12pieces
Ingredients
Phyllo
6sheetsPhyllo pastry
¼cupbuttermelted
Spanakopita Filling
10oz(280g) fresh baby spinach leaves
1teaspoonolive oil
1small onionfinely diced
7oz(200g) crumbled greek feta
2eggs beatenbeaten
3green onions sliced
2tablespoonschopped fresh dill
½teaspoonnutmeg
¼teaspoonsalt
¼teaspoonpepper
Instructions
Spanakopita Filling
Using a saucepan and steamer, steam spinach leaves for 3 minutes. Cool the spinach in an ice water bath. Drain and squeeze out the moisture from the spinach.
In a frying pan, add olive oil and saute the diced onions and spinach for 2 minutes until the onions are soft and translucent. Transfer to a bowl and allow to cool.
Stir in crumbled feta, beaten eggs, green onions, fresh dill, salt, pepper and nutmeg. Set aside.
Preparing Phyllo
Preheat oven to 375°F or 190°C.
Place one sheet of phyllo pastry on work surface, keeping remainder covered with damp cloth or paper towel to prevent from edges drying out. Brush the entire phyllo with melted butter. Spread another sheet on top and brush with butter. Cut the phyllo into 4 or 5 lanes (strips), depending on how large or small you want your triangles.
Spoon a heaping tablespoon of filling to the bottom end of the strip, folding over to form a triangle. Continue folding the triangle until the whole strip is complete. There you have you first spinach and feta parcel.
Repeat the process of filling and folding with remaining ingredients.
Line baking tray with parchment paper. Place triangles on tray and brush with remaining melted butter. Bake for 15 - 18 minutes or until golden.