BAKED FETA PASTA
This dish is delicious with cavatappi, penne or pasta shells.
Ingredients
- 1 tsp butter
- 1 tsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion finely chopped
- 250 g mushrooms sliced thickly
- 2 tsp crushed garlic
- 500 g cherry tomatoes
- 200 g olives pitted
- 250 g salami cut into strips
- Salt and freshly ground pepper
- 150 g marinated goats milk feta
- 50 ml marinated oil or olive oil
- 300 g pasta of choice
Instructions
- Heat the butter and olive oil in a saucepan. Add the onion, mushrooms and garlic. Sauté for a few minutes to soften, then set aside.
- Preheat the oven to 160ºC and lightly grease an oven proof dish. Layer the tomatoes, olives, mushroom mix and salami in the dish. Season with salt and pepper. Top with feta and drizzle with oil.
- Bake for 30 - 40 minutes, until the tomatoes are bursting and the feta has softened. While the veggies and feta are baking cook the pasta until al dente.
- Add the pasta to the vegetable dish and toss together. Check the seasoning and serve.