How to Make Baked Feta Pasta (TikTok Viral Recipe) + Feta Cheese Hack if you Can't Find it!

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: ricotta cheese

💰Cheaper: cottage cheese

Ricotta provides a similar creaminess with fewer calories.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast is a dairy-free option that adds umami.

Add cherry tomatoes to the bottom of the pan, removing any stems.

Place an 8-ounce block of feta cheese in the middle of the tomatoes.

Drizzle olive oil, salt, pepper, minced garlic, and lemon zest over the tomatoes and feta cheese.

Bake in the oven at 400 degrees for about 30 minutes.

While the feta and tomatoes are baking, cook the pasta according to package instructions.

After 30 minutes, remove the dish from the oven and mix everything together.

Add the cooked pasta to the mixture and sprinkle a little bit of parmesan cheese on top.

Return the dish to the oven for a few minutes to melt the cheese.

Garnish with fresh basil leaves before serving.

If the sauce is too dry, reserve about a cup of pasta water and add it to the dish as needed.

Adjust seasoning with more salt and pepper to taste.

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