Cherry Tomato Baked Feta Pasta
This recipe is perfect for someone who doesn't want to stress about lots of pans to clean or too many steps to follow. This is literally a toss it all in one pan bake and ta-dah it's basically ready recipie. For those of you who don't love tomatoes or aren't serving a family of 4- I've got alternative suggestions in the tips below!
Ingredients
- 1 Block Feta
- 1 Box Cherry Tomatoes
- 1 Tb Italian Seasoning
- 3 peeled smashed garlic cloves
- 3 Tb Olive Oil
- Salt & Pepper
- 1/2 Box pasta of choice
Instructions
- 1
Preheat oven to 400F
- 2
Clean the cherry tomatoes and pour them into an oven-safe pan
- 3
Place a block of feta into the center of the cherry tomatoes in your pan
- 4
Drizzle with olive oil
- 5
Sprinkle Salt, Pepper, & Italian Seasoning. Toss in your smashed garlic cloves (or a sprinkle of garlic powder).
- 6
Put the tomato and cheese tray into your oven and bake until the tomatoes are crispy and mushy and the cheese begins to melt and brown. (~40-45 mins)
- 7
Boil water and cook pasta per instructions on the box.
- 8
Add strained cooked pasta into the cheese and tomato pan and stir to coat the pasta with the melted cheesy tomato sauce.
- 9
Serve and enjoy.
Tips & Notes
- •For the solo home chefs: Place 1/4 block of Feta in an oven-safe ramekin surrounded by tomatoes and the ingredients above. Cook one handful of pasta or use reheated leftover noodles from a recipe earlier that week.
- •For the no-tomato eaters (myself included): Make the same recipe with no tomatoes. Increase the olive oil as needed after mixing the pasta in, and add either some pasta water or milk of choice to create a smooth, tasty sauce. You could also add some olives into this bake for a fun added flavor!
- •Wine pairing:
- •Whites- Sauvignon Blanc, Vermentino, Assyrtiko
- •Rose- Dry Rose from Provence
- •Red-Gamay