Spinach, pine nut & feta filo pie

Name: Spinach, pine nut & feta filo pie
Prep time: 20 min
Cook time: 20 min
Total time: 40 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 50 g butter; 1 large red onion, finely sliced; 450 g pack Essential Spinach, washed; ½ tsp finely grated nutmeg; 3 medium free range eggs, beaten; 200 g pack feta, crumbled; 50 g pine nuts, toasted; 145 g pot green pesto with basil; 270 g pack Jus-Rol 7 Filo Pastry Sheets

This filo pie is perfectly crispy and packed full of flavour. A take on the Greek dish, Spanakopita, it's easy to prepare and works brilliantly with salad, with lunches or dinners.

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Vegetarian

Serves4
CourseMain meal
Prepare20 mins
Cook20 mins
Total time40 mins
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50g butter
1 large red onion, finely sliced
450g pack Essential Spinach, washed
½ tsp finely grated nutmeg
3 medium free range eggs, beaten
200g pack feta, crumbled
50g pine nuts, toasted
½ x 145g pot green pesto with basil
270g pack Jus-Rol 7 Filo Pastry Sheets

Preheat the oven to 200°C, gas mark 6. Melt half the butter in a large pan, add the onion and cook over a medium heat for 3-4 minutes until softened.
Add the spinach and cook until wilted, boiling away any watery juices if needed. Remove from the heat, stir in the nutmeg, then leave to cool. Meanwhile, toast the pine nuts in a dry frying pan over a medium heat, stirring occasonally, until golden. Set aside.
Stir the eggs, feta, pine nuts and pesto into the cooled spinach mixture and season. Melt the remaining butter and use some to grease a 20x30cm rectangular, deep baking tin. Line the tin with 3-4 filo sheets, brushing each with a little melted butter and leaving the edges hanging over the sides of the tin.
Spoon in the spinach mixture and spread level. Fold over the edges of the filo sheets to cover the filling and brush with butter. Lightly brush the remaining filo with butter, then crumple the sheets over the top of the filling to cover. Bake for 30 minutes until crisp, golden and piping hot throughout. Serve warm or cold, in squares.