Food Town TikTok Baked Feta Pasta

45 min.  4 – 5 servings

Ingredients

• 2 pints (20 oz) grape tomatoes
• 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper
• 7 oz. block Queso Fresco or Feta cheese drained
• 10 oz. dry pasta (bite size)
• 5 medium garlic cloves, peeled and halved
• 8 oz. spinach, roughly chopped
• 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes, or more to taste
• 1/4 cup thinly sliced fresh basil
• 2 Tbsp minced fresh parsley

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees.
2. Add grape tomatoes and garlic to a 3 quart baking dish. Toss with olive oil and a few pinches of salt. Place feta in the center of tomatoes and turn to coat with oil.
3. Bake in center of preheated oven for 30 minutes.
4. Remove the baking dish, raise oven rack up to upper 1/3 of the oven. Return baking dish to oven and increase oven to 450 degrees. Bake until tomatoes and cheese are starting to brown slightly, about 10 minutes longer.
5. Cook pasta: Meanwhile boil pasta to al dente in salted water according to time listed on pasta package.
6. Save some pasta water, cook spinach: Reserve 1/2 cup pasta water and right before draining pour and submerge spinach in with the pasta (it should wilt almost instantly). Drain pasta and spinach.
7. Mix feta mixture: Smash the tomatoes, garlic, oil and feta together with the back of a wooden spoon.
8. Add pasta and herbs: Toss pasta in with mixture along with basil, parsley and red pepper flakes.
9. Thin and season: Thin mixture with a few tablespoons of pasta water at a time to reach desired consistency. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm.

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