Spinach and feta parcels

Flavour-filled and perfectly crispy feta and spinach triangles. Just 30 minutes of hands-on time, make-ahead friendly and packable.

📝 Ingredients

• 3 tbsp pine nuts
• 1 tbsp neutral or olive oil
• 1 onion (finely chopped)
• 3 cloves garlic (crushed)
• 1/2 tsp ground nutmeg
• 1/4 tsp sea salt
• 1/4 tsp black pepper
• 200 g spinach leaves (washed)
• 7 g fresh mint (finely chopped)
• 7 g fresh dill (finely chopped)
• 1/2 lemon (juice and zest)
• 100 g feta (crumbled)
• 15 g butter (melted)
• 5-6 sheets filo pastry
• Sesame seeds (optional)

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Heat your oven to 180°C or 350°F.
2. 2Place a large frying pan on a medium heat, add the pine nuts, toast until they begin to brown and set aside.
3. 3Add oil to the pan and fry the onions until they are soft and translucent.
4. 4Stir in the garlic, nutmeg, salt and black pepper and fry for a minute more until fragrant.
5. 5Add the spinach to the pan, stir continuously until it begins to wilt, and stir in the mint and dill.
6. 6Remove the pan from the heat and add the lemon juice, lemon zest, feta and pine nuts, stir and set aside.
7. 7Melt the butter on the stove or in the microwave.
8. 8Use a pastry brush to spread melted butter onto a sheet of filo pastry.
9. 9Place another pastry sheet of filo directly on top and use scissors to cut it into 4 strips (note 1).
10. 10Place 2-3 tablespoons of the filling onto the bottom of one of the pastry sheets about 1/2 inch from the bottom and fold the corner diagonally to form a triangle.
11. 11Continue folding until you reach the end of the sheet. Brush the end with a little butter and fold down to seal.
12. 12Repeat these steps with the rest of the filling.
13. 13Place the filo triangles onto rack or baking tray (note 2), brush each one with melted butter and sprinkle with sesame seeds.
14. 14Bake for 15-20 minutes until lightly browned.
15. 15Leave on a wire rack to cool for at least 10 minutes before eating.