How to Prepare Yummy Vegan Spanakopita

Vegan Spanakopita. Spanakopita or spinach pie is probably one of the best-known of all traditional Greek dishes and hands down one of the most delicious. Its traditionally made without cheese so, bonus, authentically vegan too! A handful of simple ingredients - fresh dill, mint, peppery chopped scallions, gorgeous green leafy spinach and you're good to go.

In fact many Greek dishes have a vegan version—- they just call it Lenten or nistisimo. My take on the great Greek spinach and feta pie! Featuring shatteringly crisp phyllo pastry, and a soft, salty, feta-cheesy, spinachy filling, all baked up to golden perfection. You can have Vegan Spanakopita using 8 ingredients and 8 steps. Here is how you cook that.

Ingredients of Vegan Spanakopita

1. You need 1 block of silken tofu.
2. Prepare 2 of big handfulls chopped swiss chard.
3. It's 1 tbsp of minced garlic.
4. You need 3 tbsp of nutritional yeast.
5. Prepare of Juice of one lemon.
6. Prepare to taste of Salt and pepper.
7. Prepare of Phyllo pastry (I used 6 sheets from a pack and froze the rest).
8. You need of Vegan butter or oil of choice to brush phyllo.

Tips for Making Amazing Vegan Spanakopita. If you're new to working with phyllo, make sure you have at least a few extra sheets. It's very delicate, and while you can still work with sheets with minor tears, there's a good chance you'll have one or two total wipe-outs. This spinach packed vegan Spanakopita recipe is quick and easy to make with tofu or vegan feta cheese and filo dough or pastry puffs.

Vegan Spanakopita instructions

1. Add all ingredients together in a bowl and mix well, tofu will break up.
2. Take 2 sheets of phyllo and brush each with butter.
3. Put the sheets on top of each other and then divide this double sheet into four strips.
4. Add a heaped tbsp of the mixture to the end of the strip.
5. Fold it into a triangle, criss crossing until you have a samoosa shape.
6. Brush with more butter and put on a baking sheet.
7. Put in a preheated oven (160deg) for 20mins or until golden and crispy.
8. Serve with chutney!.

It bakes up light and flaky with a delicious protein-packed spinach filling. This authentic-tasting Greek spinach pie will be a hit with the whole family! This spanakopita recipe is a dairy-free dream. Rich and creamy and yet somehow good for you, it contains two kinds of homemade cashew and tofu cheeses. These cute vegan spanakopita triangles make a perfect appetiser, are great for dinner parties and potlucks so I thought the recipe may come in handy in the pre-holiday season.

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