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arysteia

Spanakopita/Tiropita

Feb 15, 2008 19:30

In honour of Day 14 of 14valentines. Today's subject is V-Day International. There's an essay on the subject hereI've really enjoyed participating in this endeavour, and wow, fourteen posts in fourteen days, that feels like more than I posted in the last six months. I am well into my lj renaissance, and feeling the love ( Read more... )

food glorious food

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erilyn February 15 2008, 06:33:28 UTC

And I've even had a demonstration of you making it! :D

arysteia February 15 2008, 06:37:00 UTC

So you have. But then we ate the cheats' version with the flaky pastry!

I miss you guys. I need to scrutinise my airpoints and see what I can do. I heard them announcing the first game of the Super 14 this morning, and suddenly thought: It's not right for me not to be there for the first April in three years. :-(

erilyn February 15 2008, 06:40:11 UTC

HOW CAN THEY BE PLAYING RUGBY IN FEBRUARY! Every year, I'm boggled by the wrongness of the early start to the season.

And yesyesyesyesyes to you coming over :D

alasen February 15 2008, 11:41:35 UTC

I'm remembering these on your table right now!

arysteia February 16 2008, 00:01:08 UTC

Oh, yeah. My signature dish.

blacksquirrel February 15 2008, 23:34:19 UTC

These look awesome! What would you serve them with? As much as I'd love to eat the whole pan of one of these in a single go, I'm trying to think of appropriate side dishes.

Thanks!

arysteia February 16 2008, 00:00:21 UTC

Thank you! I'm glad you like the look of them.

Tiropita I always serve in summer with a huge salad. Not a full Greek salad, because the last thing you need is more fetta, but one chock full of different lettuces and ripe tomatoes and crunchy cucumbers. Go very easy on the dressing, believe me you don't need it. In winter a really good tomato soup, again not one with cream or anything similar in it.

Spanakopita is pretty filling on its own, especially with a good chunky tomato sauce, or maybe with yoghurt (or both) if you're that way inclined. If it's cold and I'm feeling good and hungry then I'll serve it with roasted potatoes too (probably with lemon, oregano, garlic and olive oil). The fillo is light enough that it's not too much of a carbo load. It's not a diet food in any case.

Hope that's helpful. Enjoy!

blacksquirrel February 16 2008, 00:26:35 UTC

Mmmmmmm that all sounds wonderful. Thanks a bunch!

I used to buy little individually wrapped packages of spanakopita from a cafe in Ann Arbor as a lunch on the run, but I've never made it myself. I'm looking forward to trying it!