Baked Feta Pasta - Easy Recipe

feta cheese

🥗Healthier: goat cheese

💰Cheaper: ricotta cheese

Ricotta is less expensive and offers a creamy texture.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is a budget-friendly option.

parmesan cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: grated pecorino

Nutritional yeast provides a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

Preheat the oven (temperature not specified).

Place feta cheese in the center of a baking dish.

Surround the feta with cherry tomatoes and fresh chili.

Grate 1 big clove of garlic and add it on top of the feta and tomatoes.

Add 1 tablespoon of oregano, 1 tablespoon of black pepper, and 1 teaspoon of salt to the dish.

Drizzle a generous amount of olive oil over the feta and tomatoes.

Place the dish in the oven and bake for 30 minutes.

Meanwhile, boil fusili pasta in salted water for about 50 minutes (note: this timing seems incorrect for typical pasta cooking).

Once the feta is baked, remove it from the oven and check the garlic (note: it may be crispy and burned).

Mix the baked feta and tomatoes together, noting the garlic's texture.

Add the cooked fusili pasta to the baking dish and mix well with the feta and tomatoes.

Grate some Parmigiano-Reggiano (or Parmesan) cheese into the mixture and mix again.

Toss in fresh basil and mix well.

Serve the pasta warm on a plate and taste it.

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