Cranberry and Spinach Pie

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.

 

Comments

[jackie]

May I please come over for dinner?

[Theo]

We always jokingly called it Spam and coconuts! But then my son grew up thinking Ortega chiles on hamburgers were “fish tongues”. You had to like puns and have a sense of humor to survive our home!

[Marilyn]

It sounds yummy!

[Kathie B]

Never heard of cranberries in it. However, we like to add a little dried dill to our spinach filling.

Also, instead of making Spanakopita in a baking dish, we spread the filling on the buttered phyllo layers, then roll them up jelly-roll style.

I miss Annie.

[Kathie B]

P.S. Instead of crème fraîche, we use ricotta cheese.

[Chico Sue]

You are so brave to have done this so successfully!

[Anne @musicandmarkets]

Leave it to you, Corey, to add such a creative special touch to a traditional recipe - cranberries! Definitely trying this!

[Jeanne]

Oh darling Annie she lives on forever in every remembrance.
Thanks for sharing her recipe and all you post about
Love Jeanne

[Kathy]

Sweet Annie...you two were a gift to each other.