Monday's Greek Recipe - Hortopita - Leafy Greens Pie

The Greeks can't live without their delicious pies. Hortopita is one of the most popular pies in Greece, which also happens to be our favourite. Having compared various recipes, I finally came up with my own which, I must admit, turned out great! Leafy greens such as spinach, parsley, mint and coriander are brimming with fiber along with minerals, vitamins and plant-based substances that may help protect you from heart disease, diabetes and perhaps even cancer.

Ingredients

• 10 pastry (fyllo) sheets
• 5 bunches spinach
• 1 cup mint, finely chopped
• 1 cup parsley, finely chopped,
• 1 cup coriander, finely chopped
• 2 leeks cut in rings
• 2 onions, finely chopped
• 4 spring onions, finely chopped
• 450 gr feta cheese, grated
• 2 eggs, beaten
• 1/2 cup olive oil
• some olive oil for brushing the fyllo sheets
• salt and pepper 

 

Hortopita - Green Veggies Pie

 

 

Fyllo sheets, leeks, leafy greens, onions, feta cheese, olive oil

 

Directions

• Cut the white part of the leeks in rings and boil for 10 minutes. Then drain
  
• Boil the spinach for 10 minutes and drain.
• In a large bowl, mix the parsley, the mint, the onions, the spring onions, and the leeks and spinach when they are cold enough.

 

Mix all the greens, the feta cheese, the olive oil, onions and eggs

 

• Add the eggs, the feta cheese, the olive oil, salt and pepper and mix.
• Brush the bottom and sides of a pan or pyrex dish with some olive oil  and line it with half the fyllo leaves, brushing each one with olive oil.
  

 

Brush each fyllo sheet with some olive oil

 

 

Spread the filling evenly

 

 

Carve into square pieces and bake in a pre-heated, medium oven till golden brown.

 

• Spread the green veggies filling evenly and cover with the remaining fyllo sheets, brushing each one with some olive oil and foldingt any overlapping edges.
• With a sharp knife, carve into square pieces and bake in a pre-heated, medium oven till golden brown. 

Comments

[Faith's Thoughts and Dreams]

I have never baked with phyllo before but this recipe sounds so easy and delicious, I think I will try it. Thanks for sharing it.

[Stefania]

Thanks for this great recipe, Anastasia. I made your pie last Tuesday and it really turned out great! It was delicious!!! And I will certainly make it again.

[Alexia M]

Wow! This sounds like the perfect vegetarian snack to me. I've never baked with fyllo either, but I am very willing to try this pie, especially because I love feta cheese and all the great leafy greens of the ingredients.

[Christina]

Oh yes, you're right! In Greece, we're so proud of our pies! I love hortopita and I make it at least once a month. I've never tried coriander, though. I use vlita instead.