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Vegan Spanakopita Recipe
Prep
30 minutes
Cook
20 minutes
Yield
20 -24
Have you ever had that delicious little triangle bite-sized vegan spanakopita your mom made for dinner parties? You know the ones, that look super fancy and you probably burnt the shit out of your mouth because you didn’t wait for them to cool down. That was my childhood, me eating my mom’s homemade spanakopita (Greek spinach and feta pies) straight out of the oven!
❤️ Why You’ll Love Vegan Spanakopita
- Easy: Tastes and looks fancy but can be made in only 50-minutes
- Delicious: I love the spinach and creaminess in this vegan spanakopita recipe. So good!
- Classic Recipe: This recipe is inspired by a classic recipe of spanikopita but with some spins that make it special
🍲 Ingredients
Nooch/Nutritional Yeast: I’m going to let you in on a little secret, I put nooch (also known as nutritional yeast) on pretty much everything! Okay, I know that’s not a secret, I tell everyone about my obsession with nooch. It is just a vegan’s best friend, packed with so many essential vitamins and minerals how can you not mix it into every recipe. My pantry is stocked with a few jars of this stuff from Bob’s Red Mill. Why do I love this stuff, let me tell you:
- It’s a complete protein
- Nooch is jammed packed with B vitamins (essential for plant-based eaters)
- It contains trace minerals like zinc, selenium, manganese, and molybdenum
👩🍳 How to Make Vegan Spanakopita
1. The night before making your spanakopita, make sure to remove your phyllo dough from the freezer. Allow to thaw in the fridge.
2. In a large pot, heat your olive oil on medium heat for around 30 seconds.
3. Add the onions and leek, sautéing until caramelized and golden brown.
4. Stir often to avoid burning.
5. After about 10 minutes, your onions and leeks will be ready. Add the green onions, dill, parsley, mint, nutritional yeast, seasonings, and vegetable stock paste.
6. Cook for around 2 minutes or until wilted considerably.
7. Next, add the spinach, and stir until wilted- you want to cook this down until there is no moisture left.
8. Once the spinach is ready, stir in the feta, and remove from heat to cook for around 10 minutes.
9. Preheat the oven to 375F and prepare 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
10. Melt the butter and set it aside. Have it ready with a brush to gently coat your phyllo.
11. It is best to keep your phyllo dough moist, so I suggest laying it out flat and then covering it with a damp cloth.
12. Gently place one sheet of phyllo dough onto a large cutting board or flat surface. This is a very delicate ingredient, so be patient.
13. Coat the whole thing with melted butter, using your brush, then repeat that step with more sheets, 4 layers total.
14. Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut the layered phyllo dough into 4 long strips.
15. Scoop approximately 2 tbsp. of the spanakopita filling 1 – 2 cm away from the edge of one strip.
16. Roll the phyllo dough directly over the filling to fully cover it.
17. Next complete a diagonal fold towards one side, to begin a triangle formation.
18. Continue this type of diagonal fold down the entire strip, making sure to alternate the sides of each fold.
19. Arrange onto the baking tray and lightly brush with the melted butter.
20. Complete these steps until all of the fillings is used.
21. Bake for 20 – 25 minutes, until golden brown and crisp.
22. Serve with tzatziki! ENJOY!!
🪄 Tips and Tricks
- The mixture is great in vegan spanakopita, Phyllo Rolls, and Calzones. Can be made ahead of time and frozen. Lasts up to one week in the fridge before consumption
- Always cook your phyllo dough and puff pastry from frozen for the best outcome!is spanakopita vegan?
🗒 Best served with
👝 How to Store Leftovers
Phyllo Pie lasts up to one month, uncooked and frozen in the freezer.
🤔 Common Questions
Always check the label, but traditionally, filo does not contain butter or milk.
It is a very good source of dietary fiber, phosphorus, vitamin B1, and choline.
I love it on its own, but you can also pair it with a salad, or serve it as a side in replacement of bread for a Greek dinner of souvlaki, veggies, rice, etc.
Tiropita only has cheese in its filling but spanakopita has spinach and feta.
Vegan Spanakopita Recipe
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Ingredients
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium white onion finely chopped
- 2 ½ cups leek finely chopped
- 1 ½ cups green onion finely chopped
- Season to taste
- 1 cup fresh dill
- 1 cup fresh parsley
- ½ cup fresh mint
- ¼ cup nutritional yeast
- 2 tbsp vegetable stock paste
- 900 g fresh spinach
- 1 cup vegan feta
- 1 packet vegan phyllo
- 1 cup Easy Greek Tzatziki Sauce
Instructions
- The night before making your individual spanakopita, make sure to remove your phyllo dough from the freezer. Allow thawing in the fridge.
- In a large pot, heat your olive oil on medium heat for around 30 seconds.
- Add the onions and leek, sautéing until caramelized and golden brown.
- Stir often to avoid burning.
- After about 10 minutes, your onions and leeks will be ready. Add the green onions, dill, parsley, mint, nutritional yeast, seasonings, and vegetable stock paste.
- Cook for around 2 minutes or until wilted considerably.
- Next, add the spinach, and stir until wilted- you want to cook this down until there is no moisture left.
- Once the spinach is ready, stir in the feta, and remove from heat to cook for around 10 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 375F and prepare 2 baking sheets with parchment paper.
- Melt the butter and set it aside. Have it ready with a brush to gently coat your phyllo.
- It is best to keep your phyllo dough moist, so I suggest laying it out flat then covering with a damp cloth.
- Gently place one sheet of phyllo dough onto a large cutting board or flat surface. This is a very delicate ingredient, so be patient.
- Coat the whole thing with melted butter, using your brush, then repeat that step with two more sheets, 3 layers total.
- Use a pizza cutter or knife to cut the layered phyllo dough into 4 long strips.
- Scoop approximately 2 tbsp. of the spanakopita filling 1 – 2 cm away from the edge of one strip.
- Roll the phyllo dough directly over the filling to fully cover it.
- Next complete a diagonal fold towards one side, to begin a triangle formation.
- Continue this type of diagonal fold down the entire strip, making sure to alternate the sides of each fold.
- Arrange onto the baking tray and lightly brush with the melted butter.
- Complete these steps until all of the fillings is used.
- Bake for 20 – 25 minutes, until golden brown and crisp.
- Serve with tzatziki! ENJOY!!
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Disclaimer: This post was sponsored by Bob’s Redmill
Your recipe looks amazing , i will make it next week for a get together , i like that you use leeks and scallions plus Lots of herbs ! Thanks I will comment once we eat it .
I am so excitd for you to try!!!
I never thought I’d see the day when my brother, the Official Spinach Skeptic, would willingly eat anything green, but this recipe was a hit! This recipe has become my personal favorite among Maria’s recipes.
If you’re looking to impress your family, especially those spinach-phobic members, with a dish that’s both delicious and a bit of a magic trick, then Spanakopita is your golden ticket.
Now, here’s the plot twist—I couldn’t find phyllo dough anywhere, so I opted for brick pastry instead (it was still delicious, but perhaps not vegan anymore? Since I’m not vegan myself, I didn’t mind).
Thank you for this recipe, spinach has never been this cool!
THIS MAKES ME SO HAPPY!!!! Impossible to not like spinach with this family recipe. You’re the best.
Butter is not vegan
Use olive oil
Please read the post carefully, thank you 🙂 Have a lovely day, Georgie.
There is vegan butter
In my regular spanakopita I use egg to bind it. What keeps this filling cohesive?
The cheese melting and the spinach combined really really keep it together! I have never had any person have any issues with it combining.
How is this vegan???? It has butter, it has feta cheese and the sauce has yogurt or cream cheese. In the notes it says use vegan feta. I am not sure that even exists. I have never been able to find it. I am not sure the author understands the term vegan
Hi Cheryl, where do you live? I am fully aware of what Vegan is, thank you. I have access to vegan feta and vegan butter. Thank you!
How can you call this “vegan “ when you use “butter” on the filo dough???
vegan butter? you good?
made a vegan one for my daughter with vegan feta and vegan butter she loved ot thank you ❤️
you’re so welcome! Thank you!
Hearing all these comment about this dish is not vegan is a waste of time for the food blogger . There is vegan butter , cheese , yoghurt …look in your store for these items . You can substitute any regular recipe to vegan ………….
I always like to read comments before making a recipe to find out about the recipe itself , if it’s actually good .
Thank you hunnie! And yes, all products are vegan!
Hi,
What is vegetable stock paste please?
It’s vegetable stock in a paste form. If you don’t have it use veg stock and then don’t use water!
I love this recipe. I made it for non-vegan friends during a dinner night and they requested I make it again. One time I made it, couldn’t get vegan cheese, so instead I made a quick cashew cheese sauce and it still came out wonderfully.