Baked potato, spinach and feta pie recipe
“This is the good King Edward’s twist on the Greek filo pastry pie Spanakopita. I love a playful recipe, my pie is nestled into the potato and I serve it in a pie dish but there is no pastry in sight. Bags of spinach vary greatly in size so any that you have leftover you could serve as a side salad or wilt with some garlic to serve with the pies.”
This recipe can be prepared at least half a day ahead up to the point of baking. Just heat the stuffed King Edwards through in the microwave a little before you give them their final ten minutes in the oven.
The stuffed King Edwards re-heat very well. You can make double the amount specified by the recipe and have them again a day or two later.
Ingredients
- 4 medium sized fluffy King Edward potatoes
- 2 medium onions, peeled and finey diced
- 4 large cloves of garlic, peeled and finely chopped or crushed
- 1 tsp fennel seeds OR dried oregano
- 3 tbsp water
- 1 tbsp olive oil (plus extra for brushing)
- 300 g spinach, washed and dried, sliced into 2cm pieces
- 120 g feta cheese, cut or crumbled into 1cm pieces
Details
- Cuisine: English
- Recipe Type: Main
- Difficulty: Easy
- Preparation Time: 25 mins
- Cooking Time: 15 mins
- Serves: 4
Step-by-step
- Pre-heat your oven to 220C/gas 6.
- Prick each of the King Edward potatoes three times with a fork. Put them onto a plate and cover them. Microwave the King Edwards on the highest setting for 10-15 minutes. The insides should be soft.
- Next, make the spinach mixture. Get your biggest frying pan. Add the onion, garlic, fennel seeds or oregano, the water and olive oil. Sweat for 7-8 minutes until the onions are soft; add more water if you need to so that the onions don’t fry. Add the sliced spinach, sauté over a high heat for 2 minutes until the spinach softens completely. Mix in the feta cheese and stir until it is melted enough to bind the spinach and onions. Take the pan off the heat.
- Cut each King Edward in half. Scoop a tablespoonful of flesh from the centre of each. Add this flesh to the spinach mixture, squash and then stir it in well. Season to taste. Brush the flesh of each half King Edward with olive oil, then season with salt and pepper. Stuff the spinach mixture into and over your potatoes. Put them into a pie dish or just back into the large frying pan if it is oven proof.
- Bake for 10 minutes. Serve.
This recipe was devised by Alex MacKay for www.lovepotatoes.co.uk
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