Description
An easy to make pasta with baked feta inspired by current TikTok trends.
Ingredients
- 2 pints cherry tomatoes
- ½ cup sliced red bell pepper
- ½ cup sliced red onion
- ½ cup olive oil
- 4 cloves peeled garlic, or more to taste
- 2 tablespoons freshly squeezed lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon lemon zest
- ½ teaspoon red pepper flakes
- ½ teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon Italian seasoning
- ½ teaspoon dried basil
- ¼ teaspoon sea salt
- 1 (8 ounce) package Cheese, feta
- 1 (12 ounce) package penne pasta
- 1 cup baby spinach
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
- Combine cherry tomatoes
- bell pepper
- onion
- olive oil
- garlic
- lemon juice
- lemon zest
- red pepper flakes
- black pepper
- Italian seasoning
- basil
- and sea salt in a 13×9-inch baking dish.
- Make room in the middle of the pan and add block of feta cheese. Flip in oil
- making sure cheese remains intact and becomes well coated.
- Bake in the preheated oven until the cherry tomatoes begin to blister and split
- 40 to 45 minutes.
- Meanwhile
- bring a large pot of lightly salted water to a boil. Add penne and cook
- stirring occasionally
- until tender yet firm to the bite
- about 11 minutes. Drain and reserve about 1 cup of the pasta water.
- Remove feta-tomato mixture from the oven. Mash garlic
- tomatoes
- onions
- and peppers with a heavy spoon and mix with the feta cheese
- creating a sauce. Stir in spinach and cooked pasta. The spinach will get cooked from the heat of the pasta sauce and pasta. Add pasta water
- a little at a time if needed
- to reach desired consistency. Mix well and serve.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Cook Time: 40 mins
Total Time: 1 hr
Servings: 6