Baked Feta Pasta
Our Baked Feta Pasta is an easy dish made by simply roasting tomatoes and feta cheese! This salty and cheesy pasta recipe is delicious and a viral hit on TikTok. If you're looking for an easy pasta dish, this is one to bookmark.
Servings 8
Ingredients
- 200 gram feta cheese block form
- ½ cup black olives
- 2 pints cherry tomatoes
- 3 cloves garlic smashed
- 1 small onion diced
- 1 lemon zested and juiced (approx 2 Tablespoons)
- 1 tbsp. Greek seasoning
- 1 t. fresh ground black pepper
- ½ c extra virgin olive oil
- 2 c pasta (any type) uncooked
Instructions
- First, preheat your oven to 400° degrees.
- In a 8" x 16" casserole dish, add the block of Feta cheese into the center.
- Next, add the onion, black olives, garlic, and cherry tomatoes around the feta cheese.
- Then lightly sprinkle the pepper, lemon juice, Greek seasoning, and lemon zest on top of the mixture.
- Next, slowly drizzle the mixture with the olive oil.
- The using a large spoon, stir the ingredients together so that the olive oil thoroughly coats all of the ingredients. Doesn't this dish smell amazing?
- Place the dish into the preheated oven and bake for 45-50 minutes. You will want to make sure that the cherry tomatoes are nicely blistered and the feta cheese has started to turn a light brown. Make sure to not overbake.
- Watch your timer. When you reach the 35 min mark, start to prepare your pasta according to directions on the package. Then when it's al-dente, drain but do not rinse. You do not want to lose the flavor.
- When the Feta cheese and tomatoes are baked to perfection, remove the dish from the oven and add in the drained pasta. Stir to combine all of the ingredients together.
- Serve immediately.