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| Toasted pine nuts, eggs, feta and cheddar cheeses, currants, salt, pepper, spinach, butter, olive oil,nutmeg and oregano wrapped in filo pastry and cooked in an oven. |
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| The dome of Aghia Sophia Cathedral in Moscow Road, London |
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| The perfect spanakopita served on Easter Sunday. |
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| Shop window in Royal Windsor *strictly speaking a spanakotyropita |
Oh, that Royal Spankutopia! Does max Mosley know about it?
ReplyDeleteNikos:
ReplyDeleteRe that last photo. Is that the new summer attire to wear under your BMW K75 spandex riding suit ?
bob
Riding the Wet Coast
THat looks fantastic. I really do need to cook..
ReplyDeletemmmm spanakopita. A favorite of mine. Great, now I'm drooling, thanks for teasing.
ReplyDeleteCheers Nikos, looks absolutely delicious! My CEO and I take it in turns to cook dinner and this looks like a nice surprise. I've never cooked a pastry dish before but I know we have filo sheets in the freezer. Any chance of the recipe quantities/instructions?
ReplyDeleteBTW, I'm pleased that you used your time productively in windsor ;-)
From a sunny NZ.....
Spinach is also 'spanac' in Romanian (we don't want any Greek connections, thank you very much, as they imply that the Romanian language was formed south of the Jireček Line and not hereabouts, thereby giving us no excuse to beat up Hungarians... sorry, that was of interest to absolutely nobody on this blog).
ReplyDeleteOne of my favorites....
ReplyDelete+1 on Geoff James request for recipe/ingredients.
Richard
Affer
ReplyDeleteNo, this is a vegetarian dish
Bob
Sold the K75 (you pay more attention to my blog)
Roger
You have a new wife - she can't cook??
Trobairitz
Don't drool all over the carpet - you will get into trouble!
Geoff
ReplyDeleteBe careful with filo - it can be a real PITA!!
Gadjo
Where exactly does goulash come from?
Richard
OK
Thank you!
ReplyDeleteNiko, goulash comes from the Goula mining district of what was once Hungary and what is now Turkmenistan On The Wold. The mines ran dry some time ago and so now it's generally concocted with ersatz ingredients.
ReplyDeleteDear Nikos:
ReplyDeleteThe Greeks invented the first and best fast food: Souvlaki... And Dolmates are my favorite appetizer (salad sushi).
I also love the interiors of Greek Orthodox churches. To me, a church is where you bring your spirit to be uplifted... And Greek churches look the part. I also like the outside of Russian Orthodox churches.
Fondest regards,
Jack • reep • Toad
Twisted Roads
That's what I call food. Being a vegetarian I much prefer the Spanakopita, Royal or not, to the meatballs :-)
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