Spanakopita is a Greek party classic that is perfect as an appetizer for any occasion. Make it as these indiviudal triangles or as a big spinach pie. This filling is creamy, savoury, and full of spinach and cheesy flavour.
Prep Time1 hourhr15 minutesmins
Cook Time30 minutesmins
Total Time1 hourhr45 minutesmins
Course: Appetizers & Sides
Cuisine: Vegan
Servings: 28-30 triangles
Author: Lisa Le
Ingredients
1tub200 g Violife Original Creamy
1block400 g extra firm tofu, drained
1/4cuplemon juice
2tbspnutritional yeast
1tspgarlic salt
1/4tspblack pepper
60gViolife Parmesan Style Wedgegrated
1box300 g of frozen chopped spinach, thawed and excess moisture squeezed
Optional: 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill
Optional: 2-3 springs green onionsdiced
1package454 g phyllo pastry, thawed and cut into strips, 3.5 inch/8.5 cm wide.
1/2cupvegan margarinemelted
1/2cupolive oil
Instructions
In a food processor, combine Violife Original Creamy, tofu, and lemon juice, and process until creamy. Add nutritional yeast, garlic salt, black pepper, and grated Violife Parmesan Style Wedge, and process until combined. Transfer to a mixing bowl, and fold in thawed spinach. If using dill and green onion, add those here. Mix well.
In a bowl, combine melted vegan margarine and olive oil and have a pastry brush ready.
Prepare the phyllo sheets into 3 inch wide strips. Use a clean damp kitchen towel to lay over the pastry so it doesn't dry out.
Lay 1 strip flat, then brush with the margarine olive oil mixture. Add another layer of phyllo, then brush again with the oil mixture. Add a third layer of phyllo, then add a scoop (about 1 tbsp) of the filling to one end of the strips.
Fold by bringing the bottom corner to the opposite side, and continue folding over the dough until you have a triangle. Lay the folded triangles on a parchment paper lined baking sheet in a single layer.
Repeat until all filling is used up! At this point, you can flash freeze, then transfer the frozen pastry to an airtight container to have an easy appetizer to bake whenever you like. Brush the tops of the triangles with extra margarine/olive oil mixture.
Preheat your oven to 375F, and bake on a parchment paper lined baking tray for 25-30 min from freshly assembled, or 30-35 minutes from frozen, until golden brown.
Notes
If you find you have a lot of broken pastry dough, you can roughly layer in a baking sheet and have a spanakopita pie instead of triangles.