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Deep Dish Spanakopitta




Source of Recipe


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List of Ingredients



• 2/3 cup chopped onion
  
• 1 1/2 cups sliced mushrooms
  
• 1 1/2 T lemon juice
  
• black pepper
  
• white pepper
  
• pinch of nutmeg
  
• 6 oz spinach, cleaned and torn into smaller pieces
  
• 8 oz mild feta cheese, crumbled
  
• 1/2 cup ricotta cheese
  
• 1 egg, slightly beaten
  
• 3 T butter
  
• 8 sheets phyllo dough
  






Instructions



1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
   
2. Saute the onions and mushrooms in a little water until tender, adding lemon juice, black pepper, white pepper, and nutmeg while cooking. Remove from heat and stir in spinach. Add feta, ricotta and egg, mixing with spoon.
   
3. Melt butter. Cut 8 phyllo sheets in half. Brush each leaf very lightly with butter, placing one on top of another in a 9" square baking dish until half the leaves are used.
   
4. Spoon spinach-cheese mixture onto bottom layer of phyllo. Repeat process of buttering the remaining phyllo leaves and layering them on top of the filling. Trim edges of phyllo to fit the baking dish.
   
5. Bake for 25 minutes, or until golden. Serve immediately.