Baked Feta Pasta
The viral internet recipe with tomatoes and feta baked together and mixed with pasta.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 2 boxes cherry or cocktail tomatoes I prefer mixed colours
- 2 blocks feta I used 3 smaller rounds
- ½ cup olive oil
- 2-4 cloves garlic I used them whole, you can also slice or crush them
- 1 t red chilli flakes Fresh sliced chillies will also work
- salt and pepper to taste
- 500 g pasta shapes
- bunch of basil leaves to serve chopped
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 200°C.
- Place the feta in the middle of an oven-proof dish and scatter the washed cherry tomatoes around the feta.
- Drizzle over the olive oil and season with chilli flakes, salt and pepper. Bake for 30 - 40 minutes.
- While the tomatoes and feta is baking, cook the pasta shapes until al dente.
- Once the tomatoes are blistered and jammy and the feta has gone bubbly, mix everything in the oven dish together, squishing the tomatoes and garlic (if whole).
- Add the cooked pasta. Mix well, add the chopped basil, season and serve!
Notes
- It is easy to add yummy extras to this dish. I added sliced white mushrooms to the tomatoes before baking and some crispy bacon and extra parmesan cheese to serve.
- If the mixture looks dry when you are ready to serve, loosen with some reserved pasta water.