Sausage Spanakopita Triangles

Mediterranean-style Jimmy Dean sausage spanakopita triangles, this recipe features savory sausage, spinach, and cheese wrapped in flaky phyllo dough.

• Preparation Time: 45 mins
• Cooking Time: 35 mins
• Total Time: 1 hr 20 mins
• Calories: 200 Calories

Ingredients

• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 bunch green onions, chopped
• 1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
• 4 ounces feta cheese, crumbled
• 1 cup unsalted butter, melted
• 1 (16 ounce) package Jimmy Dean® Premium Pork Regular Sausage
• 1 (10 ounce) box frozen chopped spinach
• 5 ounces ricotta cheese
• 16 sheets phyllo dough, thawed

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.

Step 2

Bake in the preheated oven until golden brown, about 25 minutes.

Step 3

Brush triangles with melted butter.

Step 4

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.

Step 5

Off heat, stir in ricotta and feta cheeses; season with salt and black pepper.

Step 6

Unwrap phyllo dough; cover with a damp towel to keep from drying out.

Step 7

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.