Baked Feta Pasta with Tomatoes and Courgettes

I've taken the famous TikTok baked feta pasta recipe and stepped it up a notch with the addition of cherry tomatoes, courgettes, and roast garlic!

With only 8 ingredients, this easy pasta dish is just perfect for warm summer evenings when you don't want to be slaving over a hot stove. Let the oven work its magic!

A block of Greek feta cheese is roasted in the oven with cherry tomatoes, courgettes, and garlic, and then mixed to create a salty cheesy sauce for the pasta and roasted vegetables.

The baked tomato, courgette, and feta pasta is not only quick and easy to pull together (making it perfect for busy weeknights), but most importantly, it's super tasty!

👩‍🍳 Have you seen my cheesy courgette and tomato bake? Another delicious recipe using seasonal summer vegetables!

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• ✔️ Why should you try it?
• 🥘 Ingredients
• 🔪 Instructions
• 💭 Top tips
• 🍴 Serving suggestions
• 📖 Variations
• 🥡 Storage
• ❓ FAQS
• 😋Related recipes
• Recipe
• 💬 Comments

✔️ Why should you try it?

• Quick and easy to make.
• Improved version of the famous TikTok baked feta pasta recipe.
• Perfect for summer.
• Uses seasonal summer vegetables.
• Garlicky and delicious.

🥘 Ingredients

• Pasta - a short pasta such as spirali, farfalle, or fusilli is best for this dish as the sauce clings to all the edges of the pasta.
• Feta - 1 block of Greek feta cheese. Don't be tempted to use 'Greek Style' cheese, you want the proper stuff! You can also use crumbled feta.
• Cherry Tomatoes - Cherry or baby plum tomatoes work well and I love the way they blister and split in the oven, but you could substitute for the same weight of chopped vine tomatoes instead.
• Courgettes - 1 medium courgette, halved then quartered and cut into 2cm chunks.
• Garlic - 3 garlic cloves in their skins. Roasting garlic in their skins produces a lovely mellow garlic flavour. Once cooked, squeeze the soft garlic out and mix it into the cheesy sauce.
• Fresh Basil - or substitute with different fresh herbs such as oregano or thyme.
• Olive Oil - a drizzle on the feta and vegetables before roasting helps prevent burning.
• Salt - a small amount of sea salt is needed to season the dish, but you won't need much as the feta is quite salty.

🔪 Instructions

The recipe card with ingredient quantities and detailed instructions can be found at the bottom of the post

One: Place the cherry tomatoes, chopped courgettes, and garlic cloves (remember to keep the skin on them) in an ovenproof dish. I used a 2-litre capacity pie dish. Drizzle with 2 tablespoons of olive oil.

Two: Nestle the block of feta in the middle of the vegetables and turn a few times to make sure the oil has coated it.

Three: Bake in the oven for 35 minutes. Whilst the feta and vegetables are in the oven, cook the pasta according to instructions, and don't forget to reserve 1 cup of pasta water before draining the pasta.

Four: Take the baking dish out of the oven and locate the garlic cloves. Squeeze the soft roasted garlic out of their skins and back into the dish. Use a spoon to mix the melted feta and garlic into a sauce. Add the cooked pasta and stir!

Five: Stir in some of the reserved pasta water if required, season, and serve with torn basil leaves.

💭 Top tips

• As with any pasta dish, reserve a cup of starchy pasta cooking water to add to the sauce, which will help it emulsify and go silky smooth. You won't need all of it, but it's better to reserve more than you need than to be left with pasta that's too dry!
• Use freshly harvested tomatoes and courgettes for the best flavour.

🍴 Serving suggestions

This summery pasta dish is perfect on its own, or for something more substantial why not make my air fryer garlic bread or pesto focaccia to go with it?

📖 Variations

• Try using different cheeses. Goats cheese and ricotta both work incredibly well and you could even try soft garlic and herb boursin!
• Use different vegetables. Why not add chopped aubergines, mushrooms and peppers to the dish?
• Flavour with different herbs. Fresh oregano or thyme would taste great!
• Spice it up by sprinkling red pepper flakes onto the finished dish!
• Add leftover roast chicken or chopped smoked sausage to the baked feta pasta, for added protein and flavour.
• Make it gluten-free by using gluten-free pasta.

🥡 Storage

Fridge

Leftovers can be stored in the fridge for up to 3 days. Reheat in the microwave with a splash of water to ensure the pasta doesn't dry out.

Freezer

The baked feta pasta is best eaten fresh, but leftovers can be frozen in a freezer-safe container for up to 3 months. Defrost in the fridge before reheating in the microwave.

❓ FAQS

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