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Spinach and Cheese Pie, by Michelle

By Roxane
From Michelle
Notes:  Best served warm, with good friends!

2 Tbsp olive oil
1- 1/4 c. green onions
1 lb frozen, chopped spinach, thawed and squeezed dry
Finely grated rind of one lemon
1/2 c. chopped flat leafed parsley
6 oz feta cheese, crumbled
1-1/2 c. small curd cottage cheese
1/2 c. finely grated Romano cheese
1 egg
1/2 tsp. salt
Freshly ground black pepper
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
8 sheets fillo dough
2 Tbsp. melted butter

1.  Preheat oven to 400.
2.  Saute onions in olive oil until tender, about 3 minutes.  Add spinach and cook 1 minute.  Remove pan from heat.
3.  Stir in lemon rind, parsley and feta.  Blend cottage cheese, Romano and egg in a small bowl.  Add to spinach mixture.  Add salt, pepper and nutmeg.  Stir.
4.  Scrape filling into a 9" pie plate.  Bake 15 minutes.  Remove from oven.
5.  Brush one sheet of fillo with melted butter, keeping remaining sheets covered with a cloth.  Crumple fillo and place on top of filling.  Repeat with remaining fillo to cover filling.
6.  Bake about 10 minutes, until fillo is browned.


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