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Lamb, lentil and spinach pie

  • Hands-on time: 25 mins
  • Time to make: 55 mins
  • Serving: 4 people
Ratings: 5.0
Ingredients

Ingredients

  • 2 teaspoons olive oil, plus 1 tablespoon
    • 1 large onion, finely diced
    • 300g lean lamb mince
    • 3 cups defrosted, chopped frozen spinach
    • 400g can brown lentils in spring water, drained, rinsed
    • ⅓ cup (75g) goat’s feta, crumbled
    • ¼ cup fresh mint, finely chopped
    • spray oil, to grease
    • 14 sheets filo pastry
    • 2 tablespoons low-fat plain yoghurt, plus extra dollops, to serve
  • Always check food labels for allergens or trace warnings before buying your ingredients.
    Ingredients

    Instructions

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    1 Preheat oven to 180°C. Heat a frying pan and add 2 teaspoons olive oil. Gently fry onion, cover and cook for a few minutes. Add mince and stir to break up meat. Cook for about 8 minutes until browned and any liquid has evaporated. Place spinach in a colander and squeeze out excess water. Stir in spinach and cook for a couple of minutes to dry mixture out.

    2 Remove pan from heat and stir in lentils, feta and mint. Cool mixture by spreading in a large dish. Cover and leave.

    3 To make pie, lightly spray a 26cm x 26cm tin pie dish. Spread filo on a board and cover with a damp clean tea towel. Mix together the remaining measure of oil with yoghurt. Take 1 filo sheet and brush lightly with yoghurt mix. Cover with another filo sheet. Line tin with 2 filo pieces. Repeat and line tin with the other two sheets, the opposite way so pastry covers both sides. Spoon some of the cooled filling over pastry and cover with 2 more filo sheets. Repeat until there are 4 layers and filling is all used. Fold pastry edges in and brush with yoghurt mix. For the pie top, brush another filo sheet with yoghurt mix and cover with a final filo sheet. Fold edges under to form a square that fits on top of the pie. Brush with a little yoghurt mix all over and bake in a hot oven for 35 minutes.

    4 Slice in squares to serve and enjoy with a dollop of yoghurt.

    Variations

    Add 1 teaspoon ground paprika and 1 clove garlic at end of step 1.

    Make it gluten free: Use gluten-free pastry.

    HFG tip

    This recipe freezes well.

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