Barry Grau wrote:

>> I have guests comming from out of town this weekend and I was thinking of
>> making Spanakopita on saturday but I don't want to cook it untill monday.
>> Is it ok for it to be refrigeratd or should I freeze it & then cook it?
>> The recipe I have includes eggs mixed in the spinach filling and I don't
>> know if that would be ok to leave in the fridge untill monday.
>
> I'd be more concerned that the filo will get soggy and not crisp right
> than that the eggs wont be all right. Better make the filling Saturday
> or Sunday, defrost the filo in the fridge Sunday nad assemble and bake
> the spanakopita on Monday morning. Make one large pie and cut it into
> serving size pieces if folding individual pies on Monday seems too
> daunting.

Speaking from experience, if you're going to serve spanakopita you need to
serve it from the oven. Left-over spanakopita is always going to have soggy
phyllo. It's best served from the oven and crisp.

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