straying from the usual path

remember that scene in 'Harry met Sally'...the "i'll have what she's having scene"?

few people will even admit to seeing the film

tonight's dinner was so good

that i was reminded of Sally

and so

just for once

i thought i'd share it

virtually if not actually

take a bunch of fresh spinach

wash and chop

then add

one finely chopped habanero chili

two finely chopped cloves of garlic

pepper

a pound of feta cheese [that's half a kilo for metrics]

a couple of eggs [we got ours from HennyPenny out in the fowlyard]

squish it all together with your hand

until it becomes a lovely greenish mess

like

the picture up above

then

melt a bit of salted butter

NOT margarine [only fit for greasing wheels]

and a splash of olive oil

together

add some zatar

and a good grinding of pepper

nip out to the garden for a biggish sprig

of rosemary

this will be your pastry brush for the evening

unfold a packet of fillo pastry

using the rosemary twig pastry brush

spread a little of the butterOlive oil mix on the first sheet

fold a good blob of the green stuff in

and wrap up up

in triangular fashion

[shibori-zome practitioners will be good at this]

work diligently through the pile of pastry

once the packets [spanakopitas, more or less]

have all been neatly folded

fling the pastry brush on top

bake in a warmish oven until golden

and seductively aromatic

serve

and tuck in

bon appetit

for the record, we washed ours down with

a cleanskin sparkling shiraz

from the wine shop

near the old Mount Lofty Railway station

Big Girl's Ribena

[sorry, statesiders, that one is too hard to explain]

mmm i'll have what she's having....