Baked feta pasta (the viral one)

3-4 servings

Experience

• 10/2024: made it for lunch at the Weizmann, and put double the garlic because I didn’t have shallots. It was SO GOOD!!!! Makes 100% sense.

Ingredients

• 510 g (2 pints) cherry tomatoes
• 1 shallot 
• 3 cloves garlic
• 0.5 cup olive oil, divided
• salt
• red pepper flakes
• 1 block (8 ounces 255g) feta
• 3 sprigs fresh thyme 
• 320g (10 ounces) pasta
• zest of 1 lemon
• fresh basil

Recipe

1. Oven: 205°C (400°F)
2. Large baking dish: tomatoes (510g), shallot quartered (1), garlic (3 cloves) pressed or minced, olive oil minus 1 tsp.
3. Season with salt, red pepper flakes, toss to combine.
4. Place feta (1 block) into center of tomato mixture and drizzle with reserved 1 tsp oil.
5. Scatter thyme sprigs (3) over tomatoes.
6. Bake 40-45 min. (tomatoes bursting, feta golden on top)
7. Cook pasta (320 g) in boiling water as usual.
8. Reserve 0.5 cup pasta water.
9. In the oven dish, add pasta, pasta water, lemon zest of 1 lemon.
10. Stir to combine.
11. Top with basil.

from delish