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Spinach, Broccoli & Ricotta Mini Cheese Pies

Written by Published on Updated on June 2, 2019 in Pies, Side Dish

Hello!! Did everyone have a lovely Thanksgiving with family and friends?  I would love to hear about your Thanksgiving  🙂  Did you have a lot to eat?? Turkey, or maybe just stuffing??  Was your dessert delicious, would love to hear about everyones day!!! 🙂

Uhhh, my saga continues with trying to find a Turkey for tomorrow, I went to the last supermarket to see if I they had any in the frozen food section, I looked around but nothing. I asked one of the employee I found, (he looked at me as if  I was asking about something from out of this world!!), you should have seen the facial expressions!!!  I was starting to get annoyed with him, now growing up in the states I know how to handle myself in these type of situations, but I also have the GREEK in me and this is completely different!! I gave him  the Greek look, and a few Greek words hahahaha, for some of my Greek readers you know exactly what I mean when I say the Greek Look!! I told him to forget it and walked away and headed for the Chicken section.  But wait there’s moreeee, I have to tell you what happened before I walked away, he went and asked all his other colleagues who were just as shocked as he was when they heard the word TURKEY!!  What!! Turkey!! Now!! Noooooo!! Turkey!!!! ufffff I’m like SERIOUSLY!!! 

I returned home and started on the appetisers, I started with making these little mini pies which kind of  remind me a bit of the Greek Spanakopita, (Spinach Pie) but they have a slightly different taste due to the added Broccoli, Dill and Ricotta cheese.  When I first came across this recipe a couple of years ago, I wasn’t sure how it would turn out.  I remember after taking them out of the oven, I set them aside and I couldn’t wait for the pies to cool off, so I tried one that was steaming hot!!! hot!! hot!! I was so surprised.  The combination of these ingredients gave these little pies a smashing taste. 🙂 🙂 hehehe

Would love to hear some feedback if you try out these little Veggie Pies!!!  

 

SPINACH, BROCCOLI & RICOTTA MINI CHEESE PIES

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Ingredients
  

  • 8 Sheets of Phyllo Dough
  • 3 cups of Spinach frozen or fresh
  • 1 1/2 cup of Broccoli Head frozen or fresh
  • 1 Leek chopped
  • 1 cup Ricotta Cheese
  • 1/2 cup Feta Cheese optional
  • 1/4 cup Parsley
  • 1/4 cup Dill
  • Salt
  • 2 tablespoon Ketchup optional
  • Olive Oil

Instructions
 

  • In a large pan add Olive Oil, chopped Leek and sauté for a few minutes.
  • Add Spinach and Broccoli, into the pan and continue to simmer. (I used frozen for both of these two ingredients)
  • Once it is ready set it aside to cool off before adding in the cheese. Combine all the ingredients salt, ketchup, (I added some ketchup because I wanted to give it a bit of a kicand combine thoroughly.
  • Take the sheets cut them into long strips and brush olive oil, add about 1 tablespoon of the mixture onto the sheet.
  • These pies can me made in shape or form you wish I am just used to making them into triangles. If this process seems difficult for you, you can always make little rolls.
  • Place mini pies into baking pan and brush olive oil. Bake for 40 minutes or until golden brown depending on your oven at 180 degrees.

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Welcome to a small corner of my Greek Heritage. Growing up in New York from Greek parents, was a challenge of its own...but the traditional food, tastes and aromas that my mother cooked always travelled me back to Greece. My mother is a wonderful cook, our house would always have that smell of home cooked food. I remember very clearly that we were only allowed fast food, once a week, that was a huge day for myself and my brother. Jumping up and down in the back car seat, laughing, just being kids. It is true that we all like to eat different foods, taste, smell, even try food that looks different than our regular meals at home and I think that is so natural. In my teens, I was not really into cooking, I enjoyed my magazines after school, listening to music, and just taking a breather. There were times that I would glance at some of my mom's recipes, more out of curiosity than to actually try to cook them. At that time I did not realise that cooking would become my passion one day. Slowly, I would start to look into my mom's recipes a bit more each day and I started to find it interesting as a hobby. Each month I would go into our neighborhood bookstore and pick up my monthly book, until one day I decided to stroll over into the cooking section. That summer was the first time I actually bought a cooking magazine....and I loved it. Cooking and baking started out as a hobby, but now after many years it is my passion. Exploring the cuisines, the spices, the oils, the scents, the variety of smells and tastes that exist. It was and still is an amazing journey without limits. So, come along with me on this adventure, and I hope you enjoy my recipes. Sophie

21 Comments

  1. drtanya@saltedcaramel
    November 23, 2018 at 2:37 pm  ·  Reply

    Yum
    Those look delicious.

  2. Diana Tyler (la muse excentrique) ☕
    November 23, 2018 at 10:33 pm  ·  Reply

    Ooh, I need to know about this ‘Greek look’! 😄

    And these pies looks delish! 😋

  3. MichaelStephenWills
    November 24, 2018 at 1:05 pm  ·  Reply

    The names are quite delicious, I can almost smell that food.

  4. Megala
    November 24, 2018 at 4:17 pm  ·  Reply

    Looks so impressive! Love these delicious cheese pies!!

  5. annika
    November 25, 2018 at 1:06 pm  ·  Reply

    So many wonderful flavours here, they can only taste delicious! So you celebrated Thanksgiving without a turkey?…. tell me the rest of the story… you just left us hanging! In any case, I hope you had an enjoyable one with family and friend, that’s what’s important anyways. Here in Canada, Thanksgiving was a little earlier in October. If I recall correctly, we ordered a turkey about 2 weeks in advance to be sure the store will have one reserved for us… and we’ll do the same for Christmas as well.

  6. dtills
    November 28, 2018 at 2:24 am  ·  Reply

    Oh, Sophie! I am reading this late! Did you ever find that turkey??🦃

  7. a little Swiss, a little Canadian
    November 29, 2018 at 1:52 am  ·  Reply

    Love these mini pies! Must be delicious! That is a funny story, I could imagine a whole turkey is not that readily available in some parts of Europe. It was new to me as well, when I came to Canada. What did you end up making for Thanksgiving? 😊😍😋

  8. Emily ~ Garlic & Olive Oil
    November 29, 2018 at 7:26 pm  ·  Reply

    This sounds awesome!

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