Spinning kopita (spinach and cheese spiral)

Tags: made, Greek, feta, New Year, cheese
This is a Greek new year dish. Put a coin in the filling; then at the table cut into wedges, spin the dish around, and give everyone the wedge facing them.
. Serves 7 as a starter. 12 steps
1 1/2 lb fresh spinach Wash, tear into bite-size pieces, discard stem. Steam 5 minutes. Drain well. Combine Create a fillo-wrapped spiral as follows. Lay down two sheets of pastry. Spread filling down the long side, leaving some space at one end. Wrap into a spiral. Prepare the next roll. Slot into first roll. Repeat. Cook in moderate oven 1 hour.
1/4 cup olive oil   Heat
3/4 cup green onions chopped   Cook 3 minutes
1/2 lb feta cheese crumbled
1 cup ricotta
2 tablespoons parmesan
2 tablespoons parsley chopped
4 eggs beaten
1/2 teaspoon nutmeg
salt and pepper
200g fillo pastry
butter   Brush
Once we didn't have ricotta, and used cottage cheese instead. It turned out delicious.
Goes nicely with a tomato salad.
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