Broccoli with Ground Turkey Spanakopita

My kitchen is in serious broccoli overload right now...our CSA has been blessing us with loads of the delicious green vegetable these past couple of weeks, and I have been having fun experimenting with new ways of using it. Yesterday I came across a recipe for Broccoli Spanakopita that I thought sounded like a tasty starting point and jumped right into creating my own by tweaking it and adding a few other ingredients.


Start by chopping garlic, onion and broccoli. Then sauté it in a pan for around 10 minutes until slightly soft. Remove from pan and place in a large bowl to cool. Add a dash of salt and pepper - to taste. In the same pan cook your ground turkey with seasonings. Once cooked add into the same large bowl that the broccoli mixture is in. Stir to combine. Once slightly cooled (no longer steaming) add in your eggs and 3/4 cup feta until all is fully mixed together.

Lay one filo sheet down on a flat surface and paint with melted butter. Lay an additional sheet on top of the first and then put 2-3 tablespoons of your turkey broccoli feta mixture and roll up.

 Brush tops of spanakopita with butter and then place seam down on baking sheet. Bake for approximately 20 minutes at 400F flipping halfway through so that filo browns/crisps evenly. Makes ten spanakopita.

Recipe

preheat oven to 400F

2 Tbsp Olive Oil

1/2 onion diced (I used a red onion)

3 cloves garlic minced

1 lg head broccoli

salt and pepper

1 lb ground turkey

1 tsp onion powder

1 tsp garlic powder

dash of red pepper flakes

3/4 cup crumbled feta

2-3 eggs

20+ filo dough sheets - Some of the spanakopita I wish I'd have wrapped one more sheet around to have a more even outer shell.

melted butter - for basting on filo sheets

**Directions written into text above. Enjoy!!

Recipe adapted from Steamy Kitchen