This is like a hand-held quiche, perfect for parties.
- Carbohydrate 7.40041666666666 g
- Cholesterol 18.5416666666667 mg
- Fat 8.70111979031665 g
- Fiber 2.09083339691162 g
- Protein 5.67325 g
- Saturated Fat 3.89088631398026 g
- Serving Size 1 1 Serving (110g)
- Sodium 288.204362395806 mg
- Sugar 5.30958326975504 g
- Trans Fat 0.650031683921775 g
- Calories 125 calories
Step-by-step
- Fry the onion and garlic in some butter or oil. Add the spinach and heat until thawed.
- Keep about a tbs of the egg apart and mix it with the milk. Add the rest of the egg to the spinach mixture. Season with salt and a generous milling of pepper.
- Roll out each sheet of puff pastry slightly thinner to about 12x12 cm. Put some breadcrumbs on each sheet, leaving a border of about 1 cm. Add a generous scoop of spinach mixture on one half of each sheet (forming a triangle). Top with some crumbled feta cheese.
- Brush a little of the milk-egg mixture on the open edges of the triangle and fold over the other half of the dough to seal. Brush the triangles with the remaining eggwash for a nice shine and bake about 25 minutes at 180C, 350F.
- For snack size, use smaller pieces of dough and bake a bit shorter.
Frozen spinach holds a high volume of intracellular water that raw vegetable weights fail to convey. Squeeze the thawed greens through a fine-mesh strainer or clean kitchen towel until completely dry. Excess moisture creates steam inside the dough layers, preventing the butter in the puff pastry from rendering properly and leaving the interior soggy. Working with cold pastry is critical; if the fat within the dough melts before hitting the oven heat, the characteristic flaky layers will fail to form.
Adapting Ingredients and Managing Make-Ahead Storage
Dietary adjustments require careful substitution ratios to maintain structural integrity. Swap butter for neutral vegetable oil in equal measure during the initial onion sauté without altering the final texture. Plant-based milk substitutes work identically in the egg wash, provided they contain enough protein to brown properly under heat. Firm sheep-milk feta can be replaced with salted firm tofu mixed with a pinch of nutritional yeast for a dairy-free alternative that retains the necessary sodium content. Assemble the unbaked triangles and freeze them on a parchment-lined tray for two hours before transferring them to a sealed container. Bake them directly from frozen by extending the standard 180C oven time by five to seven minutes.
- Soggy pastry results from trapped steam; ensure spinach is wrung completely dry before mixing with the egg.
- Uneven browning indicates a hot spot in the oven; rotate the baking sheet halfway through the 25-minute bake time.
- Leaking filling happens when edges are inadequately sealed; press the milk-washed borders firmly with the tines of a fork.
