Feta’s not just for salads you know. I enjoyed something similar to this tomato baked feta while in Greece a few years ago; I needed to try and make it at home. I have previously posted about some Greek inspired feta and tomato spaghetti (which is delicious by the way) and the key to both of those dishes is using the best tomatoes and feta you can get your hands on. In this case it’s also about baking the tomatoes perfectly; not too hot so that they dry out and not too cool so that they turn into mush.
Ingredients
You will need (for the cheesiest sharing dinner for two):
- 250g ripe tomatoes, halved
- 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 1 block feta cheese
- 1/2 green chilli, sliced
- 1 tsp dried oregano (if you have fresh, all the better)
Method
Preheat an oven to 200C.
Put the tomatoes into a baking dish in a single layer so that they fit snugly but there are a few gaps. Drizzle over the olive oil and add a little salt and pepper.
Bake for 20 minutes.
Remove the tomatoes from the oven and add the sliced chillies and feta (try and keep the feta in one block if you can). Sprinkle over the oregano and return to the oven for another 15 minutes.
Serve on the table with some crusty bread and get dunking or serve with a herby pasta salad.
If you’ve not tried baking feta before I urge you to give it a go; the edges catch and turn golden brown but the middle turns gooey and soft. If you don’t fancy adding the chilli you can leave it out, it adds a lovely fresh chilli flavour but you could use a few thin strips of pepper. There are loads of variations of this you could try; roast on top of mixed veg, add a few olives or peppers or if you can get hold of some use kefalotyri instead of feta.
Looks awesome and it’s so easy to prepare! I love the idea of serving it with some crusty bread.
Sounds like a great way to serve feta. I haven’t baked it, and now I’m curious to try!
This is like shrimp saganaki minus the shrimp! Great way to eat feta, Caroline!
Tomato baked feta looks superb. Delicious 🙂
I love feta and tomatoes combo. And this baked dish looks so beautiful and delicious.
This baked feta sounds amazing! Yes, it’s the perfect time of year to grab some ripe tomatoes and give it a go!!
I am a big feat fan so this looks so good. but why not cumble it and you suggest to keeo it as a block…curious?
You definitely could crumble it but I think you might not get as much gooeyness as you do from the whole block.
We are all about the cheese in this household lately so this recipe would definitely appeal! 😀
Love feta! And I’ve used it in gratins before — works really well. This looks fantastic — thanks.
I love love baked feta! I am going to try this with goats cheese feta! So much yum
Never knew feta can be baked like that, I’ve learned something new today!
feta’s so good in salads that i could probably be happy with it only there for the rest of my life. but it sounds so tasty with roasted tomatoes and crackly bread that i think i can manage eating feta outside of salad (;
Hi Caroline, will definitely be making this baked feta dish, what a beautiful way to celebrate summer tomatoes and the tanginess of the cheese.
It is a long time ago that I have had baked feta in a friends house – loved it and so nice to have a recipe now to try it out myself. Nice summer recipe as well!
Miriam x
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it took me awhile to come around to liking feta, but now it’s one cheese i always have on hand! love this dish.
I love feta but I’ve never tried it baked, why am I only learning of this now? I must try this it looks amazing Caroline.