Baked Feta with Tomatoes and Olives - Last Ingredient (2024)

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Table of Contents

• Why You’ll Love This Recipe
• The Ingredients
• How To Make Baked Feta with Tomatoes and Olives
• Serving
• How To Make TikTok Feta Pasta
• Recipe Tips
• Recipe FAQs
• More Baked Appetizer Recipes
• Baked Feta with Olives and Tomatoes Recipe

The Ingredients

This is what you need:

• Greek feta is made from sheep’s milk and is full of flavor in a pleasantly salty way. When you bake it, the cheese loses some of its crumbly texture and tastes even more intense.
• Olives: I go for a Greek olive mix that has kalamata olives. It’s up to you if the olives are pitted or not.
• Tomatoes: You can use either sun-dried tomatoes or marinated roasted tomatoes. Both you can find at the olive bar at the grocery or in the Italian food section with jarred roasted red peppers, which would make a good substitution.
• Garlic: I thinly slice a garlic clove and stir it with the tomatoes and olives.
• Olive oil: For the best taste, use good quality extra virgin olive oil.
• Dried spices: This seasoning mix is a combination of dried oregano, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper that you probably already have in your pantry.
• Fresh herbs: Garnish the final dish with chopped parsley, fresh basil leaves, oregano or fresh thyme before serving.

How To Make Baked Feta with Tomatoes and Olives

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F with a rack in the center of the oven and another one 4-6 inches from the broiler.

1. Stir together the olive oil, dried oregano, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper in a small bowl.

2. Stir together the olives, tomatoes and sliced garlic in a medium bowl. Since the cheese and everything else end up fitting snugly in the baking dish, I like stirring the olives, tomatoes and garlic in a separate bowl. Then it’s easier to get an even mix of these ingredients around the cheese.

3. Arrange the feta, tomatoes, olives and garlic in a baking dish and pour on the seasoned olive oil. I put the cheese in the center and the tomatoes and olives around it.

4. Baked the feta for 15-18 minutes. To brown the top, preheat the broiler on high. Keep an eye on it, so it doesn’t brown too much. Garnish with chopped herbs before serving with toasted baguette slices, pita chips or crackers.

Serving

As mentioned, this is a good choice for an appetizer. Not only is it simple to assemble and bake, you will have no problem with timing it around your guests arriving and serving the main course. Make it for holidays like Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years Eve.

Leftovers & Storage

This baked feta recipe is one that you will hope for leftovers. You can keep them in an airtight container in the fridge up to 3 days. You can warm them in a 350 degree F and eat them as an appetizer again or combine them with pasta.

How To Make TikTok Feta Pasta

A couple years ago baked feta pasta went viral on TikTok. That version was made with raw cherry tomatoes. I actually think it turns out better when you use sun-dried tomatoes and olives.They have so much more flavor.

If you do want to turn this recipe from appetizer to pasta, I recommend using a square or rectangular baking dish. That will give more space around the cheese. Then double the amount of tomatoes, olives and olive oil. Bake it as written for 15-18 minutes.

While the feta bakes, cook the pasta in a large pot of salted boiling water until al dente according to package directions. Then toss it in the dish with the warm feta. Make sure to use pitted olives. You can also add baby spinach if you want greens. For pasta type, anything from spaghetti to rigatoni will work and so will gluten-free pasta.