Spanakopita

Spanakopita

Cook: 70 min
Serves 6

Before You Start

  • Preheat oven to 180°C
  • Large baking tray greased with plant-based butter
  • Food processor
  • Colander
  • Large frying pan with lid
  • Soak cashews (timing not specified — soak in advance)

Ingredients

  • 1 onion
  • 1 leek
  • 1 lemon
  • 15g fresh mint
  • 15g fresh dill
  • 30g fresh parsley
  • 1 tsp sumac
  • 1 tsp dried mint
  • 300g spinach
  • 150g cashews
  • 100ml plant-based milk
  • 1 lemon
  • 2 tbsp nutritional yeast
  • 250g plant-based feta
  • 40g plant-based parmesan
  • 75g plant-based butter
  • 6 sheets of plant-based filo pastry
  • 1 tbsp white sesame seeds

Method

1

Prep the Veg

  • Finely slice the onion
  • Cut the leek in half and slice into half moons
  • Roughly chop the fresh mint, dill and parsley
  • Zest and juice the lemon
  • Crumble the feta
  • Grate the parmesan
2

Cook the base

  • Heat a large frying pan over a medium heat with a drizzle of olive oil
  • Add the onion and leek with a pinch of salt and cook until softened
  • Add half of the spinach to the pan and cover with a lid until the spinach has wilted
  • Transfer to a colander to drain off an excess water
  • Repeat with the remaining spinach
  • Squeeze the water out of the spinach and add to the onion mix, then stir through the sumac, dried mint, fresh herbs, parmesan and a generous pinch of salt and pepper
3

Make the cashew feta

  • Drain the cashews and place in a food processor with the lemon zest, lemon juice, nutritional yeast and plant-based milk
  • Blend until smooth then add the feta and pulse until combined, keeping it quite chunky
  • Transfer to the spinach bowl and mix all together
4

Assemble and Bake

  • Melt the butter and use some to grease the baking tray
  • Lay out a sheet of filo pastry, brush all over with butter and spoon the filling along the long end of the sheet
  • Roll the pastry into a sausage shape, seam side down and brush the top with butter
  • Coil the pastry around to form a snail shape, then carefully lift and place on the baking tray
  • Repeat with the remaining sheets of filo continuing the snail shape until you have used all the filling
  • Sprinkle over the sesame seeds and bake for 40 minutes until golden
  • Slice the lemon into wedges and serve alongside the borek