Baked Feta and Tomatoes

Creamy baked feta and tomatoes is a simply delicious appetiser. Serve it up hot with loads of crusty bread for a gorgeous, summery vegetarian starter.

📝 Ingredients

• 2 cups mixed cherry or grape tomatoes ((notes 1))
• 1/3 cup pitted olives, cut in half ((notes 3))
• 1/4 cup basil leaves, torn if large
• 1/2 teaspoon sea salt flakes
• 1/4 teaspoon freshly cracked black pepper
• 1/4 teaspoon sugar
• 1 1/2 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil
• 250 g smooth feta cheese, (the type that comes in brine if possible) ((notes 2))

👨‍🍳 Instructions

1. 1Preheat the oven to 200C (180C fan) / 400F.
2. 2In an 8 inch cast iron skillet or small baking dish, add the tomatoes, olives, most of the basil leaves (keep a few nice leaves for decorating the top), salt, pepper and sugar into a small dish. Pour over 1 tablespoon of oil and mix well.
3. 3Break the block of feta cheese up into large chunks and distribute on top. Pour the remaining oil over the feta.
4. 4Bake 30 minutes or until the feta is nice and golden on the edges.
5. 5As soon as you remove it from the oven, you can use a fork to mash some of the feta into the tomato juices which keeps it softer longer and makes it easy to scoop up with some crusty bread.
6. 6You can also mash it together entirely into a tomato feta sauce and stir it through cooked pasta.
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