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Spanakopita (Σπανακόπιτα)

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Some Athens bakeries hand-roll over 40 paper-thin phyllo layers for a single tray of spanakopita.

Spanakopita is a savory pie of chopped spinach, feta, herbs, and egg wrapped in crisp, buttery layers of phyllo dough and baked until golden. Street bakeries and periptera (kiosks) across Greece sell it cut into individual triangles or squares, wrapped in wax paper for eating on the move.

Why it's made this way: Phyllo pastry traces back to Byzantine and Ottoman kitchens, and spanakopita became a practical way to stretch wild greens and cheese into a portable meal — a habit that stuck as it moved from farmhouse ovens to city bakery windows.