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| Spinach pies Recipe |
| Written by Dede Med |
Spinach pies Recipe

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Yield: 6-8
Level: Easy
Ingredients
- Dede's easy dough recipe
- 8 cups spinach
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 cup finely chopped tomato
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tsp citric acid
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/4 tsp sumac
- 1/2 cup corn meal
- flour to roll out dough
- olive oil spray or brush to finish pies
Directions
Rinse 8 cups of spinach, if using regular spinach then chop up first. Combine the 8 cups of washed spinach with 1/2 tsp salt and let sit for 15 minutes. Drain and squeeze out water from spinach and place in a bowl. Add next seven ingredients to spinach and combine. Roll out dough balls to 1/16 inch thickness and 6 inches in diameter, place 1 to 2 tbs of spinach mixture in middle and close dough like a triangle. Sprinkle corn meal on baking sheet and place triangles on sheet. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees, place pies in oven and cook for 8 minutes, then take them out and spray or brush them with olive oil, place back in oven for another 8 minutes. Serve warm or cold.Spinach pies Recipe
Ingredients
- Dede's easy dough recipe
- 8 cups spinach
- 1/2 tsp salt
- 1 cup finely chopped onion
- 1 cup finely chopped tomato
- 1/4 cup lemon juice
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1/2 tsp citric acid
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1/4 tsp sumac
- 1/2 cup corn meal
- flour to roll out dough
- olive oil spray or brush to finish pies
Directions
Rinse 8 cups of spinach, if using regular spinach then chop up first. Combine the 8 cups of washed spinach with 1/2 tsp salt and let sit for 15 minutes. Drain and squeeze out water from spinach and place in a bowl. Add next seven ingredients to spinach and combine. Roll out dough balls to 1/16 inch thickness and 6 inches in diameter, place 1 to 2 tbs of spinach mixture in middle and close dough like a triangle. Sprinkle corn meal on baking sheet and place triangles on sheet. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees, place pies in oven and cook for 8 minutes, then take them out and spray or brush them with olive oil, place back in oven for another 8 minutes. Serve warm or cold.Spinach pies are found in almost every country along the Mediterranean but in different forms and under different names. This is just one of the versions that is very popular and can be served as a main dish or appetizer.
how sweet :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
My mom does the best spinach pies :D
By: Pilkku01
By: Pilkku01
great idea :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
When I remove water from veggies like spinach, I put it in a large tea towel and wring it out. It will remove lots of water but not damage the leaves.
By: sghulett
By: sghulett
you need the yeast to make dough :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
well yes you do need the yeast to make dough.
you can omit the corn meal, if you omit the sumac you will loose a little of the flavor, but you can buy sumac on my site at dedemed.com
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
I want to make the dough for this, but I don't have yeast. Is it possible to make the dough without yeast?
thank you!
By: saidmaalouf1
By: saidmaalouf1
Hi Dede, thanks for sharing! I love spinach pie & wanna try this one today. But 2 questions ... 1) can I substitute yeast with baking soda or skip yeast altogether in easy dough? 2) What's sumac & corn meal? Can I substitute those with anything or skip them?
Oops, too many questions? :P
By: lifoc
By: lifoc
yes you can use the ground beef, check out my samboosek recipe for how to prepare the ground beef for the filling. You can use this dough recipe or follow the samboosek recipe and use phyllo dough :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
nope, the written recipe is on my site and so easy to follow I promise :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
Did you cook your spinach?
By: Siberia087
By: Siberia087
Hi,
I want to make meat fatayer. If I was going to use ground beef instead of spinach would I first to brown the beef? How long would I cook it for?
By: anwarwalker89
By: anwarwalker89
thanks so much :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
they look great thanks sooooo much
By: Theayaangel
By: Theayaangel
you are so welcome, I'm so glad that I could be of help, let me know if you have any questions ;)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
That looks Good my boyfriend will love it! Thank u! I'm learning how to Cook Arabic food!
By: 1978hottiegirl
By: 1978hottiegirl
Your hot, ur a great cook, whats ur number =3
By: RaedGamer
By: RaedGamer
you are so welcome, check out my site for other recipes :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
Thank you for posting!
By: Larrytoucan
By: Larrytoucan
Thank you :)
By: nayomi17
By: nayomi17
well you can buy sumac on my site, or if you do not have it, you can omit it, sumac adds a bit of sourness to the filling, but you can just cut up some lemon wedges and squeeze some lemon juice on top of the spinach when you eat it :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
yes you can, just make sure to squeeze it from all of the excess water.
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
thanks for the tip, I heard that a lot so I did start doing that in all of my newer videos :)
By: dedemed
By: dedemed
can u use frozen spanich?
By: dacrazyone88
By: dacrazyone88
Is there a substitute for sumac?
By: nayomi17
By: nayomi17
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