Italian Spinach Pie

My Mom made this often! She would vary it, sometimes adding raisins or black olives. If you like spinach, this is delicious!

5 from 1 vote

Prep Time20

Cook Time20

Servings: 10

Calories: 164

Ingredients

20 ounces spinach frozen
Salt to taste
Pepper to taste
1 teaspoon garlic minced
¾ cups raisins
2 teaspoons sugar
1 pound bread dough

Instructions

Preheat the oven to 350°.
Grease or spray or line a sheet pan with parchment paper.
Boil or microwave the spinach and with your hands, squeeze out all the water to get it good and dry. Put the spinach in a large bowl.
Add the salt, pepper, garlic, raisins, and sugar.
On a floured board, roll out the bread dough into a 12 x 8-inch rectangle.
Spread the spinach filling over dough.
Roll the dough like a jelly roll, starting from the long edge and shape into a loaf.
Tuck the loaf end edges underneath and transfer the loaf to the prepared pan with the seam side down.
Bake the spinach pie at 350° for 20 – 30 minutes until it is brown on the bottom.
Cool the spinach pie in the pan on a wire rack for 15 minutes, then transfer the loaf to a wire rack to finish cooling.

EXTRA TIP:

VARIATION: You can add anything you'd like to the spinach filling besides raisins or black olives. Some suggestions are small pieces of pepperoni, or a little grated mozzarella cheese, or some chopped peppers or onions or other vegetables.

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