Spanakopita Mac and Cheese
Mac and cheese flavored like spanakopita with spinach, parsley, oregano, feta, ricotta, and mozzarella and then the whole thing is wrapped in phyllo.
Servings: 3 people
Calories: 1281kcal
Ingredients
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 clove garlic minced
- 1 pound baby spinach chopped and large stems removed
- 1 bunch parsley chopped
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh oregano
- 1 cup crumbled feta
- 1 cup ricotta
- 1 cup grated mozzarella
- 1/2 pound pasta
- 1 package phyllo pastry
- lots of butter
Instructions
- Bring a pot of water to a boil.
- Cook the onion in a frying pan for about 5 minutes in a little butter. Add the garlic
- Add in all the spinach and herbs and mix well. Add in 1/2 cup milk. Cook about 5 minutes until wilted.
- Remove from heat and pour the spinach mixture into a large bowl. Add in the cheeses and stir to combine.
- Drop the pasta and cook a few minutes less than the instructions on the package say.
- Strain the pasta and immedietly mix with the spinach mixture. The cheese should melt a bit and form a sauce on the pasta.
- Preheat the oven to 425
- Butter a small baking dish and add 2 sheets of phyllo. Butter and repeat until you have 6 total sheets.
- Add the pasta and fold the phyllo over the pasta, ripping away excess pastry so the top layer isnt a million layers thick. Brush with butter.
- Bake about 25-30 minutes until browned. Remove from oven and allow to sit about 10 minutes.
- Flip out onto a serving dish and serve.
Nutrition
Calories: 1281kcal | Carbohydrates: 123g | Protein: 47g | Fat: 68g | Saturated Fat: 40g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 19g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 197mg | Sodium: 1698mg | Potassium: 1339mg | Fiber: 10g | Sugar: 5g | Vitamin A: 16036IU | Vitamin C: 46mg | Calcium: 855mg | Iron: 10mg