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Baked Tomato Feta Pasta With a Kick
Rev up that viral TikTok pasta with hot Calabrian chile paste. The chiles meld with the tomatoes and baked feta cheese to form a creamy, hands-off sauce.
👥 4 Servings👤 Rachel Gurjar📖 epicurious
🥘 Ingredients
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🍳 Cookware
- ●baking dish
- ●oven
- ●pot
- ●bowl
📝 Preparation Steps
1
Preheat oven to 400°. Place 1½ lb. cherry or grape tomatoes and 8 garlic cloves, smashed, in a deep 13x9" baking dish. Pour ⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil over and sprinkle with 1 tsp. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt and ½ tsp. freshly ground black pepper. Place 8 oz. feta in the middle of the baking dish, nestling into tomatoes. Bake until tomatoes have burst and feta is softened, 35–⏱️ 40 minutes.
½ lb. cherry or grape tomatoes1. Diamond Crystal or ½ tsp. Morton kosher salt, plus more1 tsp. feta8 oz
2
Meanwhile, cook 12 oz. medium pasta (such as campanelle, rigatoni, penne, rotini, farfalle, or cavatappi) in a large pot of boiling salted water, stirring occasionally, until al dente. Drain pasta, reserving ½ cup pasta cooking liquid.
. medium pasta (such as campanelle, rigatoni, penne, rotini, farfalle, or cavatappi)12 oz
3
Remove baking dish from oven; add leaves from 1 bunch basil and 4 tsp. Calabrian chile paste or 2 drained Calabrian chiles, finely chopped, and stir to combine. Transfer pasta and ¼ cup reserved pasta cooking liquid to baking dish and toss, adding more pasta cooking liquid if needed, until pasta is well coated. Divide pasta among shallow bowls to serve.
bunch basil, leaves picked1. Calabrian chile paste or 2 drained Calabrian chiles, finely chopped4 tsp
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