Cultured Palate: Dishes from Greece
| November 1, 2017
Spanakopita
Spanakopita is served every hour of the day in Greece, and is one of the most popular snacks around. It’s a simple mixture of spinach and feta cheese enclosed in delicious phyllo pastry dough and baked until golden brown.
Whether the spanakopitas are baked individually or as part of a larger pie is a matter of personal taste. The place that’s rumored to have the best spanakopita in Greece is Boras Bakery, on the island of Santorini.
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