Cheats Spinach and Fetta Pita

Posted 2014-06-12 by Vee ⇒ follow

In the mood for pita, but couldn’t be bothered wrestling with the dough? With this recipe, you don’t have to. Using filo pastry as a substitute for the homemade variation required of traditional pita recipes, you can create a meal that’s just as yummy as the original and in less than half the time. Happy eating.

Preparation Time: 15 minutes
Cooking Time: 30 minutes
Makes: 4 big or 8 small servings

Ingredients

250g fresh spinach
250g cottage cheese
200g feta, crumbled
20g mozzarella, grated
4 eggs
1 tablespoon ground nutmeg
16 sheets filo pastry
80g butter, melted

Method

Preheat oven to 180° (fan-forced).

Grease a baking tray and line with baking paper.

Roughly chop spinach.

**The easiest way to chop spinach is to first cut the leaves away from the stalk. Next, stack the leaves one on top of the other and roll them as you would a pancake. Cut the roll down the middle lengthways and slice away. Chop stalks as you normally would.

Using fingers, combine spinach, eggs, cottage cheese, feta, mozzarella and ground nutmeg.

Season with salt and white ground pepper.