Spanakopita - Spinach Pie

Ingredients:

3 1/2 lbs. Spinach
Salt
Olive Oil
5 chopped Chives
3/4 lbs. Feta Cheese
2-3 beaten Eggs
chopped Parsley
chopped Dill
Pepper

Directions:

Wash the spinach and chop it finely.
Add 1 tablespoon salt and rub it with the hands.
Leave for an hour.
Squeeze it well.
Add 1/3 cup olive oil, the onions, the feta cheese crumbled, eggs, parsley, dill and pepper.

Take a buttered baking pan and line with one pastry sheet.
Brush it liberally with oil.
Add 6 more pastry sheets, brushing each with oil, and let them come up the sides of the pan.
Spread the spinach filling evenly and cover with 6 more pastry sheets, brushing each with oil.
Brush the top with oil and score the top three sheets into 3 inch strips from one end of the pan to the other.
Sprinkle the top with water, to prevent the pastry sheets from curling upwards.

Bake the spinach pie in a moderate oven for 40-45 minutes.
Cool slighlty, cut into squares and serve either hot or cold.
Makes about 20 pieces.

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