Friday! Of course I have to work all day tomorrow, but there is still something special about Fridays. We typically try to make it a family night as long as I'm not working. After doing some quick shopping at the mall for a gift for a friend of Tiernan's, we watched some Survivor and ate fun food - spring rolls, popcorn and some spinach and cheese pockets that I threw together. They turned out pretty good, if I do say so myself. Hopefully they are just as good when I reheat them for lunch at work tomorrow.
Spinach and Cheese Pockets
1 box frozen filo pastry, thawed
1/2 cup butter, melted
1 tbsp olive oil
6 cups fresh baby spinach
2 large cloves garlic, minced
1 cup ricotta cheese
1 cup parmesan cheese, grated
1/4 tsp grated lemon rind
1/2 fresh nutmeg, grated
salt and pepper, to taste
Preheat oven to 350. Spray a baking sheet with some cooking spray.
In a wok heat the olive oil. Add the spinach and garlic, and cook until the spinach is wilted.
Meanwhile, in a large bowl, mix together the ricotta cheese, parmesan cheese, lemon rind, nutmeg, salt and pepper. Add the cooked spinach and garlic and combine well.
Spread out your thawed filo sheets. Fold one sheet over in half and brush the inside with melted butter. Place a heaping tablespoon of the cheese and spinach mixture in the corner of the filo sheet and fold it up diagonally (any way you want as long as it seals). Brush the outisde of your "pocket" with the melted butter. Place on the baking sheet. Repeat until you have run out of spinach and cheese mixture.
Bake for 15-20 minutes until they start to brown.
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