OMG!!!!
For 30 years you've made it wrong????
OK, I can suggest leaving out the raisins
along with the dill when someone tries the
basic recipe.
The first time I had Spanakopita was from a guy born in Greece. What part, I don't know. But his, and other places, have had some raisins in it. Regional? Maybe.
The part where I say - "
Add other stuff, like dill, only after you've tried the basic pie" is for two reasons. One - some people don't like dill and will never try the recipe with dill in it. The first part "
Add other stuff, like ...." is because I've seen Spinach Pie with ingredients ranging from sour cream to nuts.
What is "Authentic Spanakopita"? Search for
Spanakopita and you'll get "About 287,000 results". Some with
chicken!
Once they try the basic recipe and see how easy it is to make they can search for other spinach pie recipes to find the ingredients that they like.
So lets leave the raisins AND dill out for the first time.