Baked Feta & Tomato Pasta
Baked feta and tomato pasta is a simple and delicious pasta dish that has become very popular on social media in recent years. The dish of feta, pasta with grape tomatoes is very easy to make and can be customized to your preferences by adding additional vegetables or spices.
Servings: 4 People
Calories: 873kcal
Cost: $10
Ingredients
- 1.5 lbs grape tomatoes
- 1 shallot sliced
- 3 cloves of garlic
- ½ cup olive oil
- 8 oz feta cheese
- salt
- ½ tsp red pepper flakes optional
- ½ cup parmesan cheese shredded for topping
- 5 sprigs thyme fresh
- 15 oz pasta short cut pasta
- 6 qts water for pasta
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°F.
- While oven is preheating, place the feta in the centre of a medium sized baking dish and then arrange the grape tomatoes around the feta.
- Drizzle olive oil all over the feta and tomatoes, season with salt, pepper. Add red pepper flakes, thyme and shallots.
- Place baking dish in oven for 40 minutes.
- While the feta and tomato are cooking, boil water and make pasta as per manufacturer's instructions. Drain pasta when it's al dente and reserve about 1 cup of the pasta water.
- Remove feta and tomato from oven and mix to combine the ingredients.
- Add the pasta and mix. If the pasta is to dry, add pasta water.
- Serve immediately with shredded parmigiano reggiano.
Nutrition
Serving: 0.25 of Baking Dish | Calories: 873kcal | Carbohydrates: 91g | Protein: 28g | Fat: 44g | Saturated Fat: 14g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 4g | Monounsaturated Fat: 24g | Cholesterol: 59mg | Sodium: 938mg | Potassium: 730mg | Fiber: 6g | Sugar: 8g | Vitamin A: 1888IU | Vitamin C: 27mg | Calcium: 522mg | Iron: 3mg