Spinach Pie Recipes

by Liz Palmer ~ Author
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Greek Spinach Recipes are becoming increasingly popular because not only of the health benefits associated with spinach but because Greek culinary tradition has been in a constant process of refinement. A process that has been going on for thousands of years. There are many spinach recipes out there, and many more other ways to cook spinach but in my experience Greek spinach recipes cannot be surpassed in purity and taste.

Spinach contains substances that help to prevent atherosclerosis or thickening and hardening of arteries. Spinach functions as antioxidant and anti-cancer agent and is a rich source of Vitamins C and A.

Although spinach is available throughout the year their season runs from March through May and from September through October when it is the freshest, has the best flavour and is most readily available. Spinach is thought to have originated in ancient Persia spinach and its way to Greece where it found a new home. Spinach has been embraced by Greek culinary tradition for centuries resulting in the embrace of this leafy vegetable by the world of feta and olive oil. One of the most popular Greek Spinach Recipe is spanakopita or in other words Greek Spinach pie.

Spanakopita is better known as a Greek food, however, and one will find it served in most Greek restaurants outside of Greece, as well as in many restaurants in Greece. Spanakopita is a flawless layering of good feta cheese, firm spinach and leeks, with crackling-fresh leaves of phyllo dough. But fresh fish, barely touched, is the selling point here. Spanakopita is one of those things that has many recipes. It is a very common Greek dish and is made differently from family to family. Spanakopita is a precise layering of simple things presented simply and if you ever wondered if you can make delicious spanakopita at home...

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The Greek pie cookbook contains many spanakopita recipes. My favourite ones are the ones with home made phyllo, the one that I need to make myself. Sometimes though I just get the ready frozen one for a quick Greek spinach pie for the kids. Kids love it and when I make it they take a piece each to school with them for lunch. Even though spanakopita is traditional dish it has many modern applications as well. The Greek Pie Book contains many modern interpretation of the traditional dish including the spinach pie triangles as well as several vegan pies. Even though usually spanakopita is filled with spinach and feta cheese the book breaks the boundaries of what is popular and what is not and introduces a few great Greek recipes that you wont find anyplace online. Certain recipes have been collected during trips to Mount Athos in Northern Greece and are staples of Greek Monetary cuisine.