Baked Feta Pasta (Tiktok Viral Recipe)
This Baked Feta Pasta combines roasted feta cheese and cherry tomatoes to create a sweet, salty and creamy sauce tossed with pasta for an easy dinner everyone will love!
Servings: 4
Calories: 642kcal
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Ingredients
- 17.5oz / 500g ripe cherry tomatoes
- 8 garlic cloves
- 6.5oz / 180g block of feta cheese
- 14oz / 400g short pasta (I've used orecchiette)
- ¼ cup extra virgin olive oil (with some extra)
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano
- Big handful of fresh basil leaves
- Salt and pepper to taste
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400°F/200°C. Add cherry tomatoes and garlic cloves whole in their skins to an oven dishSeason with salt and pepper along with oregano and pour over the olive oil. Give it a little massage with your hands so all is nicely coated
- Place the block of feta cheese in the middle of the dish and place all the tomatoes around it. Add a sprinkle more of oregano and a drizzle of olive oil to the feta before baking for 25-30 minutes (until tomatoes have blistered and feta cheese has softened)
- When tomatoes have 10 minutes left on the cooking time, start to boil the pasta in heavily salted water. Ensure to save some pasta water before draining
- Remove oven dish and gently peel garlic cloves (be careful it may be hot) from their skin and using a fork, mash the garlic cloves in the same dish
- Give it all a mix together breaking up the feta cheese - it will become a nice and creamy sauce like consistency
- Add the cooked pasta straight into the dish along with the basil leaves. I like to leave mine whole but you can also break them up with your fingersMix together, and if needed, add a splash of the pasta water to help it come together. Dig in and enjoy your Baked Feta Pasta!
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Notes
- Feta - bake the feta as a whole block. Crumbled or broken feta can brown too quickly and won't create the same creamy sauce
- Tomatoes and garlic - leave the cherry tomatoes and garlic cloves whole. The tomatoes will naturally blister and burst, while the garlic becomes soft and creamy in its skin
- Pasta - choose a short pasta shape like orecchiette, penne, fusilli or small shells to catch all of the creamy sauce. Before draining the pasta, reserve some pasta water and add a splash to loosen the sauce if it becomes too thick
Nutrition
Calories: 642kcal | Carbohydrates: 84g | Protein: 21g | Fat: 25g | Saturated Fat: 8g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 2g | Monounsaturated Fat: 12g | Cholesterol: 40mg | Sodium: 544mg | Potassium: 554mg | Fiber: 4g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 810IU | Vitamin C: 30mg | Calcium: 276mg | Iron: 3mg
