Mini Spinach-Feta Pies

These made relatively simple appetizers to whip up. I didn't find them particularly attractive (due to user error on my part) - they were supposed to form triangles, but when I was forming the triangles, I worried about all the "arms" being filling-less. So I turned some into empanada shapes instead. The egg basting also made the coloration weird. That said, was it pleasant to have something warm and crunchy, fresh from the oven? Absolutely. Did we eat every last one of them? Yes, yes we did.

Mini Spinach-Feta Pies
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10	oz spinach, stems discarded
3	T yellow onions, finely chopped
2 1/2	T feta cheese, crumbled
1/4 tsp	allspice, ground
1	T olive oil
1 tsp	lemon juice
	coarse salt
	black pepper
1	14 oz package puff pastry, thawed
1	egg, beaten
	sesame seeds, for garnish

In a large saucepan of salted boiling water, blanch the spinach for 30 seconds. Drain and rinse under cool water. Squeeze out as much water as possible from the spinach. Chop the spinach and transfer it to a medium bowl. Add the onion, feta, allspice, olive oil and lemon juice, season with salt and pepper and mix well.

Line a baking sheet with parchment paper. On a lightly floured work surface, using a lightly floured rolling pin, roll out the puff pastry 1/8 inch thick. Using a 3 1/2-inch round biscuit cutter, cut out 12 rounds; transfer them to the prepared baking sheet. Working with one round at a time, brush the edge with some of the beaten egg, then mound about 1 tablespoon of the spinach filling in the center. Bring three sides of the dough together in the center to form a triangle and pinch to seal. Repeat with the remaining pastry rounds, egg wash and spinach filling.

Brush the pastries all over with the beaten egg and sprinkle with the sesame seeds. Bake for 18 to 20 minutes, until the pastry is puffed and golden. Serve hot.

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