Description
Baked Feta Pasta is a simple and mouthwatering dish that’s perfect for a quick dinner. Combining roasted tomatoes, spinach, and creamy feta, it’s a delightful meal that everyone will love.
Ingredients
Scale
- 20 oz grape tomatoes
- 5 medium garlic cloves, peeled and halved
- 8 oz spinach, roughly chopped about 8 packed cups
- 1/4 cup fresh basil, thinly sliced
- 2 tbsp fresh parsley, minced
- 7 – 8 oz block feta cheese (sheep's milk variety) drained
- 10 oz dry pasta such as campanelle, rigatoni, rotini, penne, bow tie, or cavatappi
- 1/2 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1 tbsp salt for pasta water
- 1/4 tsp crushed red pepper flakes or more to taste
- salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste
- 1/2 cup reserved pasta water
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
- In a 3-quart baking dish, mix grape tomatoes and garlic with olive oil and a few pinches of salt and pepper. Place feta in the center and coat with oil.
- Bake in the oven's center for 30 minutes.
- Raise the oven rack to the upper third and increase the temperature to 450 degrees F. Bake for an additional 10 minutes until tomatoes and feta are slightly browned.
- While baking, cook pasta in salted water according to package instructions until al dente.
- Reserve 1/2 cup of the pasta water. Just before draining, add spinach to the pot with the pasta to wilt it, then drain both.
- Smash the roasted tomatoes, garlic, oil, and feta together in the baking dish. Combine this mixture with the drained pasta and spinach, adding basil, parsley, and red pepper flakes.
- Adjust the consistency with reserved pasta water as needed, and season with salt and pepper to taste. Serve warm.
Notes
Feel free to substitute the pasta variety with your favorite type.
Add more crushed red pepper for a spicier kick.
This dish is great served with a side salad.
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 Serving
- Calories: 480
- Sugar: 5g
- Sodium: 500mg
- Fat: 24g
- Saturated Fat: 7g
- Unsaturated Fat: 15g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 53g
- Fiber: 3g
- Protein: 14g
- Cholesterol: 30mg