Silverbeet and fetta filo pies

Recipes / Vegetarian

Enjoy some of the flavours of the Mediterranean with this simple and healthy vegetarian starter.

Recipe «Silverbeet and fetta filo pies» presented in category Recipes / Vegetarian, to prepare this dish you will need no more 30 minutes. To make this dish at home by prescription from the author Gomer would need: 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 brown onion, finely chopped, 1 garlic clove, finely chopped, 1 bunch silverbeet, stalks removed, leaves shredded, 180g goat's fetta, crumbled , 100g butter, melted, 8 filo pastry sheets .

Ingredients:

  • 1 tbsp olive oil 
  • 1 brown onion, finely chopped 
  • 1 garlic clove, finely chopped 
  • 1 bunch silverbeet, stalks removed, leaves shredded 
  • 180g goat's fetta, crumbled 
  • 100g butter, melted 
  • 8 filo pastry sheets 

Instructions

  1. Heat oil in a large, deep frying pan over medium heat. Add onion and garlic. Cook, stirring occasionally, for 3 to 4 minutes or until soft. Add silverbeet. Cover. Cook, stirring often, for 5 minutes or until tender. Transfer to a large heatproof bowl. Cool.
  2. Squeeze silverbeet to remove excess liquid. Stir in fetta. Season with salt and pepper.
  3. Preheat oven to 200°C/180°C fan-forced. Brush eight holes of 2 x 6-hole, 3/4 cup-capacity Texas muffin pans with butter. Place 1 sheet of filo on a flat surface. Brush with butter. Fold in half to make a 23cm x 28cm rectangle. Brush with butter. Leaving a 2cm border, place 1/4 cup of silverbeet mix along long edge. Fold edge over. Roll to enclose filling. Coil into a snail shape. Brush with butter. Place in 1 prepared pan hole. Repeat with remaining mixture.
  4. Bake for 20 minutes or until golden. Cool for 3 minutes. Turn pies out. Serve.