Easy Red Lentil Spanakopita Recipe (video)

[Saviolo]

This was a bit of an experiment for us, and it worked out very well! It's based on a couple of recipes we had seen recently and put together our own version of it. The pastry here is a batter made from red lentils, cottage cheese, and eggs. If that sounds like it won't work, that's what we thought until we tried it! The end result was fluffy (thanks to the baking powder) and crispy on the outside, with a nice crispy bottom crust.

The filling is a very standard spanakopita sort of filling made from onion, spinach, and feta cheese. It probably could have used more feta, honestly. You could very easily adjust the flavour profile with the addition of garlic or other herbs or spices. Fresh dill would be an excellent addition to this. The garnish we were hoping for was nigella seeds, but we had a hard time tracking them down locally, so we just used black sesame seeds. You could also put some half cherry or grape tomatoes on top before baking, much like a focaccia.

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