Sausage Spanakopita Triangles
Description
Mediterranean-style Jimmy Dean sausage spanakopita triangles, this recipe features savory sausage, spinach, and cheese wrapped in flaky phyllo dough.
Ingredients
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1 (16 ounce) package Jimmy Dean® Premium Pork Regular Sausage
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1 (10 ounce) box frozen chopped spinach
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1 bunch green onions, chopped
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1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
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5 ounces ricotta cheese
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4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
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salt and ground black pepper to taste
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16 sheets phyllo dough, thawed
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1 cup unsalted butter, melted
Directions
1
Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
2
Cook and stir sausage in a large skillet over medium-high heat, breaking it apart with a spatula, until cooked through, 5 to 7 minutes. Reduce heat to medium. Add spinach, green onions, and pepper flakes; cook until spinach is thawed, 3 to 5 minutes.
3
Off heat, stir in ricotta and feta cheeses; season with salt and black pepper.
4
Unwrap phyllo dough; cover with a damp towel to keep from drying out.
5
Place 1 phyllo sheet, working with 1 sheet at a time and keeping remaining sheets covered, on a flat work surface; brush ½ of sheet with melted butter. Fold sheet in half lengthwise; place ¼ to ½ cup sausage filling in top-left corner. Fold bottom-left corner over filling into a triangle shape. Continue folding edge over edge to end of dough, and a triangle is formed. Place triangle on the prepared baking sheet. Repeat with remaining phyllo sheets, melted butter, and sausage filling.
6
Brush triangles with melted butter.
7
Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes.