This is superb! Easy, too.
There are recipes for variations on this dish all over the Internet. Apparently, interest in this dish caught fire in 2018 when it was posted online by a talented Finnish blogger named Jenni Hayrinen. Here is a link to the author and the original recipe: Jenni Hayrinen’s Feta and Cherry Tomatoes.
Here is the Baked Feta With Cherry Tomatoes and Garlic as I prepared it in my kitchen.
Baked Feta With Cherry Tomatoes and Garlic
July 28, 2023
Ingredients
- 4 T. olive oil
- 1 pound cherry tomatoes (mixed colors)
- 4 cloves garlic (sliced)
- 1 shallot (sliced)
- 1 jalapeno chile (sliced)
- Sea salt
- Black pepper
- 1 block mild feta cheese (about 7 oz.)
- Fresh basil leaves
- Cooked spaghetti pasta
Directions
- Step 1 Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- Step 2 Use a large baking dish. Pour half of the olive oil into the dish. Add the tomatoes, garlic, shallot, chile, salt and pepper and toss.
- Step 3 Position the block of feta amid the tomato mixture. Drizzle the remaining olive oil on top of the feta and the tomatoes.
- Step 4 Bake for 20 minutes at 400 degrees F. After 20 minutes, turn your oven up to broil and broil for about 5 minutes. Watch your dish carefully as it broils to be sure it does not burn.
- Step 5 Serve atop cooked spaghetti pasta. Be sure to drizzle the garlicky olive oil in the dish generously over your pasta.
