spanakopita

1. (Usually short for spanakotiropita) A Greek dish made with pre-cooked spinach, butter, olive oil, cheese, green onions, egg, and seasoning in phyllo pastry.Examples: "Soon, she’s toting a tray of miniature spanakopites, wedging it between groups of men and women who all seem to have arrived at once, as if they’ve been brought in a chartered bus to populate the house, to form a small privileged nation."; "They laughed and enjoyed baking bread, buns and spanakopites (her Mama taught her the art of making filo pastry)."; "Bowls of melitzanosalata and tzatziki had been laid out, platters of spanakopita, meatballs, tiropitas, and two bottles of wine."countableuncountable