Spinach Pie

4.47 from 41 votes

Easy spinach pie a simple but delicious take on Spanakopita with just 5 ingredients recipe using puff pastry and cottage cheese.

Prep Time10

Cook Time35

Total Time45

Course: Family Dinner Ideas

Cuisine: New Zealand

Keyword: cottage cheese spinach pie, spinach and cottage cheese pie, spinach cottage cheese pie, Spinach pie

Diet: vegetarian

Servings: slices

Calories: 457kcal

Author: Stacey

Preheat your oven to 200 degrees Celsius (400 F)
Line the bottom of a loaf tin with the puff pastry
Get out a food processor. Add all other ingredients. Pulse until smooth.
Pour the spinach mixture into your pie dish
Top with pasty. I often use a lattice design, but you can do what ever you want. One easy way to do it is to just use cookie cutters (or playdough cutters) to take shapes out of a sheet of pastry for the top
If you have time or the inclination glaze the pastry with either an egg wash (I never do this) or milk, (I sometimes do this).
Bake at 200 degrees celsius for 35 minutes or until pastry is golden
Leave to cool for at least 15 minutes before slicing/serving. If you slice it too early the filling can be a little watery.. be patient and it will set nice and firm as it cools down.
Enjoy

The recipe is very very simple, the only real tip is to make sure you leave the pie to cool for a little bit before slicing.
This spinach pie reheats well in an air fryer, but leftovers are also lovely straight from the fridge.
I make this pie in a loaf tin, I find it an easy option and easy to slice. You could of course use a larger pie dish but you would need to scale up the recipe.
Puff pastry: I use store-bought. You could also use filo pastry as an alternative.
Cottage cheese: Full-fat cottage cheese works much better than lite cottage cheese due to its lower water content. You can also use ricotta cheese if you prefer.
Frozen spinach: You could use fresh spinach but it will need to be blanched
Cheddar cheese: Any hard flavoursome cheese will be fine. Feta cheese is also an option.
Seasoning: Nutmeg is optional however the flavour it brings to the spinach and cottage cheese filling is delicious. A little onion powder can also be lovely in this pie.