Greek Feta Triangles
Ingredients
- 1 large Bunch spinach (approx 20 sticks)
- 1 ½ tab Butter
- Taste Pepper
- 4 Shallots, chopped
- 1 ½ tab Butter, extra
- 2 tabs Flour
- Pinch Nutmeg
- ¾ cup Milk
- 125g Feta cheese
- 500g Filo pastry
- As needed Oil
Procedure
Filling
Wash spinach and coarsely chop leaves. Place in a saucepan with butter, pepper and shallots. Cover and bring to boil, reduce heat and cook until spinach is tender. Drain well then chop finely. Melt extra butter in a pan, stir in flour and nutmeg and cook, stirring for 1 minute. Add milk and stir until sauce boils and thickens. Remove from heat and stir in chopped spinach and chopped feta cheese. Allow to cool.
Triangles
Take out one pastry sheet at a time as party dries out very quickly cut each sheet into 8cm wide strips and brush each strip with oil. One strip makes a triangle. Put a teaspoonful of filling on the end of each strip. Take corner of pastry and fold over to form a triangle. Lift first triangle up and over to form a second triangle. Continue folding over and over to the end of pastry strip. Trim surplus if necessary. Repeat the process. Spray a baking tray with canola spray and place triangles on it. Spray with canola. Bake in a hot oven for 10-15 minutes or until golden brown.