I have always loved those little spinach and ricotta pastries that you get as finger food... then discovered they sold them in the freezer section, yay!  Oh the OIL! I wanted that burst of flavour without that 'feeling', you know one you get in your mouth when all you can taste is the oil?  So I decided to fashion my own recipe after having a look around at the basics of what could go in them.

These are now a favourite and really nice and filling!

  

Cheesy Spinach Filo Triangles

I have adapted this recipe to be lower in fat/calories than the original from 

Allfoods Aus 

Ingredients:

1 tsp EVOO

1 large or 2 small/medium brown onions, diced.

2 packets frozen Spinach (I usually use Logan Farm), thawed in microwave according to directions and then drain excess fluid (or you’ll have soggy filos!)

¼ - 1/2 tsp salt and freshly cracked pepper to taste ( I like less salt)

200g reduced fat Australian Feta, crumbled

500g tub Weight Watchers cottage cheese

2 eggs, lightly beaten (can use 1 egg and 1 egg white to reduce fat/calories)

2 packets filo pastry

Sesame seeds/poppy seeds for the tops (optional)

Spray Olive Oil.

Method:

Heat oil in large frypan, add onion and sauté until soft, stirring often.

Add spinach and salt and pepper, making sure liquid has evaporated from spinach, stir in feta, cottage cheese and eggs. Cook and stir until slightly thickened approx. 5-10 mins. Remove from heat and sit while preparing filo.

Preheat oven to 200 C.

Unroll filo pastry sheets on a flat surface. Keep a damp tea-towel over them to keep them to stop them drying out.  Cut the sheets in half horizontally (so you have 2 ‘strips’ of pastry).  Each filo uses 3 strips, so start by placing 1 strip down, then a light spray of oil, add 2^nd strip, spray again then add 3^rd strip.  On left hand bottom side place about 1-2 tblsp of spinach mixture. Fold bottom up to form a triangle enclosing the mixture, then continue folding in a triangular motion until the end of the strip, spray a little more oil before final fold.  Place on baking tray and then repeat with remaining mixture and strips.  Spray each filo with oil and top with choice of seeds. 

Bake in fan forced oven @ 200 C for 9 mins, they should be browned and visibly crisp.

Eat and enjoy a ‘healthier’ favourite.  

These could also be made smaller by making making ‘strips’ and using less mixture. I’ve also made these as rolls as pictured.