Homemade Spinach and Feta Spring Rolls

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Spinach and Feta Spring Rolls | These savoury spinach and feta spring rolls are to die for. Fresh spinach and creamy feta all wrapped up in crispy spring roll wrappers. It’s spanakopita in spring roll form. These are the perfect finger food and they’re super simple to make. Serve with homemade hot honey drizzle and enjoy!

These vegetarian spinach and feta spring rolls are sure to impress at your next friend get-together. Or, whip them up for yourself since they’re basically a crispy parcel of yummy goodness.

Spanakopita meets spring roll

My two favourite savoury pastries are definitely spanakopita and vegetable spring rolls, so I combined the two into one epic vegetarian appetizer.

With the greek spinach and feta spanakopita filling and the crispy spring roll sheets, they are absolutely delicious. They’re basically spanakopita spring rolls. How delicious does that sound?

Springs rolls are most often found in Chinese cuisine, as well as some other Asian cuisines. Wrappers, filling, and cooking methods vary greatly based on the culture of each region. In this recipe, I’m just using spring roll wrappers from my local grocery store and filling them with a really easy and delicious spinach and feta mixture.

And they’re so easy to make!

Just pan-fry onion, garlic, spinach, and green onion. Then let it cool and add crumbled feta. Then place some of the filling onto a spring roll wrapper and roll it up. Place on a baking sheet and bake. Then just serve them with my hot honey drizzle and enjoy.

I chose to bake these spinach and cheese spring rolls instead of deep frying them because it’s just easier and eliminates the need for all that oil.

How to make hot honey drizzle

Hot honey drizzle. Okay. I’m going to be honest, up until these bad boys were in the oven I wasn’t into the idea of hot honey.

But I was thinking, what sauce would be good with these? I thought about the traditional sweet chili sauce, but I feared the flavours wouldn’t mingle with the spinach and feta. I thought, what goes with feta? Honey.. so maybe honey and sambal oelek.

So I whipped up a bowl of hot honey. And man, I was blown away. The earthy sweetness of the honey and the spicy garlic flavour of the sambal oelek just perfectly complimented the tanginess of the feta and the earthiness of the spinach. You have to try it! It’s only two ingredients and it completes this dish.

Fun fact: Honey is the only food that never expires! It literally lasts forever thanks to bees.

If you’re vegan and consider honey to be non-vegan, try my vegan sweet and sour sauce from Vegan Chicken Balls.

Where to buy spring roll wrappers?

Spring roll wrappers are widely available, I bought my spring roll wrappers in the frozen section at my local grocery store. I’ve also purchased them from the Asian supermarket in my city.

Ingredients

More about the ingredients in this recipe. The exact measurements are below.

Instructions

To make the hot honey:

Mix the honey and sambal oelek together in a bowl, and serve. It’s that simple!

The honey I used had been sitting in the cupboard for a while so it crystalized a bit. I just scooped some into a bowl and microwaved it until it was liquid again.

To make the spinach and feta spring rolls:

Heat a non-stick frying pan on medium heat with a bit of oil.

Once the pan is hot, add the onion. Let it cook for about 3-4 minutes stirring occasionally with a wooden spoon, to get the onions evenly browned. Then let them cook for another 3-4 minutes undisturbed.

Add a few teaspoons of water and stir the onions, gently scraping the bottom of the pan to get the darkened bits.

Let them cook for another 3-4 minutes undisturbed until the water has evaporated. Add a few tablespoons of water to the pan and stir the onions. You’ll see the onions become darker as the browned bits of onion are scraped off the bottom of the pan.

Let them cook for another 3-4 minutes. This time, don’t add any more water, as the onions should now be cooked. They should be soft and have a nice even caramel-brown colour.

Now add the spinach and chopped green onion to the pan.

Spinach takes up a lot of room before it’s cooked down, so if your pan is overflowing with spinach, just wait a minute or so and add the rest of the spinach when there is room.

Let the spinach cook for a few minutes, stirring occasionally. Spinach cooks really fast so this shouldn’t take long.

Once the spinach is dark green and has shrunken significantly, clear a small space in the middle of the pan and add the garlic. Cook the garlic until fragrant, for 15-30 seconds.

Then stir it into the rest of the mixture and remove the pan from the heat. Add a squeeze of lemon, some salt, and some pepper.

Let the spinach mixture cool for 10-15 minutes and then add in the crumbled feta. Stir the feta in and set the fill to the side.

Preheat the oven to 400°F or 200°C and prep a baking sheet with a sheet of parchment paper.

Folding the spring roll wrappers:

Right before filling the spring roll wrappers I divide the mixture into 4 portions and divide each portion into 3 more portions. Then I have 12 even portions ready to go.

Place a spring roll wrapper in front of you, rotated slightly so you’re looking at a diamond instead of a square.

Place a portion of the spinach and feta mixture on the lower section of the spring roll sheet. Fold the bottom corner over the mixture. Then tightly fold the two sides in.

Now roll it all the way to the last corner at the top. Wetting the top corner with water before sealing.

Place each spring roll on your prepped baking sheet. Use a pastry brush to lightly coat the spring rolls in a neutral oil. The oil will crisp them up in the oven.

Place the pan in your preheated oven and baked for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown.

Serve with hot honey as an appetizer or as a side. Enjoy!

Substitutions

Storage

Store these spring rolls covered in the fridge for up to 3 days. To reheat, bake at 400°F or 200°C for 10 minutes, flipping halfway.

What to serve with spanakopita spring rolls

Don’t skip on sauce! The hot honey goes so well with the spinach and feta, and it’s only two ingredients. If you’d prefer not to eat honey, try my sweet and sour sauce from Vegan Chicken Balls.

Serve these vegan spring rolls with other vegan appetizers, like my Vegan Spanakopita Swirls.

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