Ingredients: 1 kg flour 1 kg spinach 300 g white brined cheese 3/2 cupful of yoghurt 200 g butter 1 spoonful sunflower oil 1 spoonful vinegar salt Directions:Cook the cleaned and finely cut spinach in some of the butter. After having cooled, stir in crumbled cheese and yoghurt. Knead a hard dough from the flour, oil, vinegar, salt and water. Roll into five sheets (1kg of ready rolled pastry sheets may also be used). Line a baking dish with butter, place 1 sheet on the bottom and top with the spinach filling. Add a second sheet, filling and so on. Baste in a moderate oven. The same recipe may be used for making banitsa with leeks. |