Spanakopita Cups

Ingredients

• •120 ml olive oil
• •1 bunch scallions
• •560 g spinach
• •2 tablespoons dill
• •3 extra large eggs
• •200 g feta cheese
• •¼ teaspoon kosher salt
• •¼ teaspoon pepper
• •40 sheets phyllo dough
• •½ pound butter
• •½ cup breadcrumbs

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Method

From foodista.com — read the original

1. 1Preheat your oven to 400 F.
2. 2Heat oil in a pan on medium heat and add the scallions. Cook for about 5 minutes.
3. 3Squeeze most of the water out of the spinach and mix with scallions, dill, eggs and feta cheese. Season the mixture with salt and pepper.
4. 4Keep the phyllo dough sheets covered with a damp kitchen towel.
5. 5Unfold 1 sheet of the phyllo dough.
6. 6Brush the sheet with melted butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs.
7. 7Repeat the process by laying a second sheet of phyllo dough over the first sheet, brush it with melted butter and sprinkle with breadcrumbs until 4 sheets have been used.
8. 8Cut circles out of the dough that fit as a shell into mini muffin pans.
9. 9Place the phyllo circles into the pan molds and fill with the spinach mixture.
10. 10Repeat until all the spinach mixture is used.
11. 11Bake the spanakopita cups for 17 mins.