When an American living in France
makes Spanakopita
in honor of her Greek friend
Annie. Though I never saw her make it
and that doesn't matter.
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Two farm eggs
feta cheese
sliced green onions
dried cranberries
chopped walnuts
fresh spinach
garlic
creme fraiche
salt and pepper to taste.
In a cast-iron skillet lightly brown the chopped walnuts dried cranberries garlic
When lightly browned put aside then in the hot skillet add the fresh spinach with a hint of olive oil or white wine
when slightly wilted remove
and add it to the big bowl that has the walnuts, cranberries, and garlic
stir it up gently and thoroughly
toss in the crumbled feta cheese, green onions, creme fraiche, and fresh eggs stir it up
butter up a baking dish
layer the phyllo dough remember to rub olive oil on each layer
after several layers add the spinach feta cranberry mixture to the center
fold and tuck each phyllo layer around the mixture.
bake at 350
I would show you a picture but we ate it before I thought to take a photo.
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