Spanakopita aka spinach pie

This is my family's recipe which I have been making for around 40 years

Ingredients

1 large bunch of spinach just your every day spinach
1/2 cup olive oil
2 teaspoon of salt
8 shallots sliced
Large onion grated
3 eggs
300g fetta ( I use Australian as it's the cheapest one)
2 tablespoon of parmesan

Pinch of black pepper and pinch of salt
125g unsalted butter melted
1 packet of filo pastry


Method

1. Wash spinach , cut of most of the stem, chop and place in a colander. Sprinkle with salt, mix with hands and let stand for 20 minutes ( this helps bring out the liquid)

2. Heatcoil in a large pan. Add onion and shallots and gently fry.

3. Squeeze spinach to drain excess liquid, add to pan with onion and shallots and mix through. Cook gently for 10 minutes.

4. Beat eggs, add cheeses, pepper and spinach mixture and mix well.

5. Brush the bottom of a baking dish 33cm x 23 cm with melted butter.Line bottom of baking dish with half the filo pastry brushing each sheet with melted butter

6. Add spinach mixture on top of filo then top with other half of filo brushing each sheet lightly with melted butter. Sprinkle top with a little water ( this prevents top layer of pastry curling

7. Bake in a preheated moderate oven 180°C or 160 fan forced for 45 minutes or until top is golden.

I will serve this as a main with a tossed salad