There baked feta cheese with cherry tomatoes, olives, oregano and basil is a fragrant vegetarian dish typical of Greek cuisine, which in half an hour (cooking included) allows you to bring a second light, as simple as it is appetizing.
Ingrediants
- 4 sticks of feta cheese of 150-200 g each
- 250 g of datterino tomatoes
- 30 Greek black olives
- 2 cloves of garlic
- dried oregano
- fresh oregano
- fresh basil
- extra virgin olive oil
- salt
If you have been to Greece you will certainly have read the name of this one vegetarian recipe among the proposals on the restaurant menu. There baked feta cheese it is a classic of the gastronomy of this country.
As often happens with typical recipes, each restaurant, each chef, each family has its own version. Basically it is prepared with feta cheese, obviously, olives And tomatoes, but there are those who also add onions, some peppers, some both, those who use only oregano to perfume, some more aromas like we did.
To prepare it it takes very little, but success is assured, because feta is a cheese that does not melt with heat and the consistency at the end of cooking is really surprising, especially if you use very firm tomatoes, which do not release a lot of water during cooking.
If you like the tangy and slightly sour taste of this one typical Greek cheese, in our archive you will find many other recipes in which feta is the protagonist, starting with the famous Greek salad to move on to the Greek-style watermelon salad or its more delicious and scenographic version, the watermelon and feta skewers.
OTHER TASTY RECIPES: Green bean, feta and walnut salad; Greek pie with spinach and feta, Salad with walnuts, feta and pears with honey
How to prepare: Baked feta
- Execution
- easy
- Preparation time
- 10 min
- Cooking time
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20 min – 25 min
- Portions
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4
How to prepare: Baked feta
Start preparing the feta in the oven by drying the feta blocks with a sheet of absorbent paper to remove the excess liquid and arrange them in a lightly oiled pan. Wash the cherry tomatoes, pat them dry with a clean cloth, cut them in half and arrange them around and on top of the feta sticks.
Add the olives and the garlic cloves, leaving them whole and with the peel. Season with a pinch of salt and a little more oil, perfume with a pinch of dried oregano, a few sprigs of fresh oregano and a few basil leaves. Bake in a preheated oven at 180 ° for 20-25 minutes, turning on the grill in the last 5 minutes.
Take the feta out of the oven and wait a few minutes before bringing it to the table.
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