Spanakopita Cups
Spanakopita Cups is a Mediterranean recipe that serves 36. One portion of this dish contains approximately 4g of protein, 11g of fat, and a total of 167 calories. For 59 cents per serving, this recipe covers 9% of your daily requirements of vitamins and minerals. It works well as an inexpensive hor
- Prep time
- 13 min
- Cook time
- 31 min
- Yield
- 36 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 120 ml olive oil
- 1 bunch scallions
- 560 g spinach
- 2 tablespoons dill
- 3 extra large eggs
- 200 g feta cheese
- 0.25 teaspoon kosher salt
- 0.25 teaspoon pepper
- 40 sheets phyllo dough
- 0.5 pound butter
- 0.5 cup breadcrumbs
Instructions
- 1
Preheat your oven to 400 F.
- 2
Heat oil in a pan on medium heat and add the scallions. Cook for about 5 minutes.
- 3
Squeeze most of the water out of the spinach and mix with scallions, dill, eggs and feta cheese. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
- 4
Keep the phyllo dough sheets covered with a damp kitchen towel.
- 5
Unfold 1 sheet of the phyllo dough.
- 6
Brush the sheet with melted butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
- 7
Repeat the process by laying a second sheet of phyllo dough over the first sheet, brush it with melted butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs until 4 sheets have been used.
- 8
Cut circles out of the dough that fit as a shell into mini muffin pans.
- 9
Place the phyllo circles into the pan molds and fill with the spinach mixture.
- 10
Repeat until all the spinach mixture is used.
- 11
Bake the spanakopita cups for 17 mins.