Hey everyone, it is John, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, spinach hand pies. One of my favorites. This time, I am going to make it a little bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
The spinach and feta filling you know and love from this Greek dish is tucked inside whole-wheat pizza dough, then wrapped and baked into portable hand pies. 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.
Spinach hand pies is one of the most favored of current trending meals in the world. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. They’re nice and they look wonderful. Spinach hand pies is something that I’ve loved my entire life.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have spinach hand pies using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Spinach hand pies:
- Make ready 2 cups baby spinach leaves ,tightly packed
- Make ready 3/4 cup onion , finely chopped
- Get 2 & 1/2 tsp minced garlic
- Get 2 eggs, slightly beaten
- Prepare 1/4 cup +2 tbsp ricotta cheese
- Make ready 1/4 cup parmesan cheese , grated
- Prepare 1/4 tsp nutmeg powder
- Take 1/2 tsp black pepper powder
- Take 1 tsp red chilli flakes
- Prepare 1 tbsp olive oi
- Take to taste salt
- Take 1 packet/ 2 sheets puff pastry sheets
Frozen pie dough is your new best friend. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. Crimp edges with the tines of a fork to seal. Arrange pies, seam-side down, on parchment, keeping them.
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.
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