Goat’s cheese and spinach filo swirls

Name: Goat’s Cheese and Spinach Filo Swirls Recipe
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: cooking oil spray; 2 large onions, thinly sliced; 1 tsp light brown sugar; 300g (10½oz) fresh spinach, cooked and drained; 4 small sheets of filo pastry; 50g (1¾oz) creamy or crumbly goat’s cheese; ½ tsp freshly ground black pepper; handful of black sesame seeds

A remodeling of one of Greece's national dishes from "The Modern Cheesemaker" by Morgan McGlynn. This spinach and goat's cheese swirl makes an elegant lunch

15 February 2021

Goats Cheese and Spinach Filo Swirls Recipe

Jamie Orlando Smith

This is my take on the Greek spanakopita, a crispy filo pastry with a wonderfully cheesy spinach filling. The traditional spanakopita spiral is made with feta, but I love the tanginess that goat’s cheese brings to it.

A recipe from The Modern Cheesemaker: Making and Cooking with Cheeses at Home by Morgan McGlynn (White Lion Publishing, March 2019). Buy the book here.

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