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Baked Feta Pasta #53 · dinner · mediterranean Host: Feel Good Foodie · Baked Feta Pasta → TikTok → web writeups Online recipe (as published / commonly shared) 6 servings · Prep 5 min · Cook 35 min · Total 40 min We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card. Cherry tomatoes and feta bake into a sauce while the pasta boils. Preheat the oven to 400°F. Place in an oven-safe baking dish: 2 pints cherry tomatoes Pour on top: ½ cup extra virgin olive oil Season with: ¼ teaspoon salt ¼ teaspoon black pepper Toss until well combined. Place in the middle of the baking dish, surrounded by the cherry tomatoes: 8 ounce block feta cheese Flip it a couple of times to coat with the olive oil and seasoning. Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, until the cherry tomatoes burst, and the feta cheese melts. While the tomatoes and feta bake, cook in a pot of salted water until al dente, following package instructions: 8 ounces cavatappi pasta or pasta of choice Drain, reserving ½ cup of the cooking liquid to toss in if needed. add the garlic and basil leaves to the cooked tomatoes and feta: 2 garlic cloves minced ¼ cup fresh basil packed and chopped, plus more for serving Toss everything to combine. Transfer the cooked pasta to the baking dish and toss to combine. Garnish with more fresh basil and serve warm. Source: Feel Good Foodie · Baked Feta Pasta tags: pasta,feta,tomato,olive-oil · popularity: spike · meat: no	Angel Hair Pasta with Tomatoes and Feta Book: More Recipes from Hour Magazine by selected by Gary Collins (1988) crumb: pasta with tomatoes and feta More Recipes from Hour Magazine includes “Angel Hair Pasta with Tomatoes and Feta”. Gary Collins selected the recipes (1988). This book collects recipes from the 1980s daytime TV show Hour Magazine. It includes angel hair pasta with tomatoes and feta. Differences: Popular internet baked feta pasta roasts a whole block of feta with cherry tomatoes, olive oil and garlic. It then stirs the mix into pasta with basil. The ancestor is a 1980s recipe for angel hair pasta with tomatoes and feta. Both put pasta, tomatoes and feta together in one simple dish. The online version bakes the block of cheese into a creamy sauce. So the texture and taste are different.

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Baked Feta Pasta
#53 · dinner · mediterranean
Host: Feel Good Foodie · Baked Feta Pasta → TikTok → web writeups

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)

6 servings · Prep 5 min · Cook 35 min · Total 40 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Cherry tomatoes and feta bake into a sauce while the pasta boils.

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Place in an oven-safe baking dish:

2 pints cherry tomatoes

Pour on top:

½ cup extra virgin olive oil

Season with:

¼ teaspoon salt

¼ teaspoon black pepper

Toss until well combined.

Place in the middle of the baking dish, surrounded by the cherry tomatoes:

8 ounce block feta cheese

Flip it a couple of times to coat with the olive oil and seasoning.

Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, until the cherry tomatoes burst, and the feta cheese melts.

While the tomatoes and feta bake, cook in a pot of salted water until al dente, following package instructions:

8 ounces cavatappi pasta or pasta of choice

Drain, reserving ½ cup of the cooking liquid to toss in if needed.

add the garlic and basil leaves to the cooked tomatoes and feta:

2 garlic cloves minced

¼ cup fresh basil packed and chopped, plus more for serving

Toss everything to combine.

Transfer the cooked pasta to the baking dish and toss to combine. Garnish with more fresh basil and serve warm.

Source: Feel Good Foodie · Baked Feta Pasta

tags: pasta,feta,tomato,olive-oil · popularity: spike · meat: no

Angel Hair Pasta with Tomatoes and Feta
Book: More Recipes from Hour Magazine by selected by Gary Collins (1988)

crumb: pasta with tomatoes and feta

More Recipes from Hour Magazine includes “Angel Hair Pasta with Tomatoes and Feta”. Gary Collins selected the recipes (1988). This book collects recipes from the 1980s daytime TV show Hour Magazine. It includes angel hair pasta with tomatoes and feta.

Differences:

Popular internet baked feta pasta roasts a whole block of feta with cherry tomatoes, olive oil and garlic. It then stirs the mix into pasta with basil. The ancestor is a 1980s recipe for angel hair pasta with tomatoes and feta. Both put pasta, tomatoes and feta together in one simple dish. The online version bakes the block of cheese into a creamy sauce. So the texture and taste are different.

Match: Reasonably similar, but will taste different

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Baked Feta Pasta

Online recipe (as published / commonly shared)
6 servings · Prep 5 min · Cook 35 min · Total 40 min

We wrote this recipe in the Joy of Cooking style. Every amount, time and step comes from the source's recipe card.

Cherry tomatoes and feta bake into a sauce while the pasta boils.

Preheat the oven to 400°F. Place in an oven-safe baking dish:
2 pints cherry tomatoes

Pour on top:
½ cup extra virgin olive oil

Season with:
¼ teaspoon salt
¼ teaspoon black pepper

Toss until well combined.

Place in the middle of the baking dish, surrounded by the cherry tomatoes:
8 ounce block feta cheese

Flip it a couple of times to coat with the olive oil and seasoning.

Bake in the preheated oven for 35 minutes, until the cherry tomatoes burst, and the feta cheese melts.

While the tomatoes and feta bake, cook in a pot of salted water until al dente, following package instructions:
8 ounces cavatappi pasta or pasta of choice

Drain, reserving ½ cup of the cooking liquid to toss in if needed.

add the garlic and basil leaves to the cooked tomatoes and feta:
2 garlic cloves minced
¼ cup fresh basil packed and chopped, plus more for serving

Toss everything to combine.

Transfer the cooked pasta to the baking dish and toss to combine. Garnish with more fresh basil and serve warm.

Citations
- Feel Good Foodie · Baked Feta Pasta: https://feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/baked-feta-pasta/
- TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Baked+Feta+Pasta
- web writeups: https://www.google.com/search?q=Baked+Feta+Pasta+recipe

Cookbook ancestor
- Affiliate: buy the book: https://www.amazon.com/dp/0399133917?tag=recipeancesto-20
- Reference: More Recipes from Hour Magazine by selected by Gary Collins (1988). Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0399133916.

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Dish: Baked Feta Pasta
Match: Reasonably similar, but will taste different
Ancestor: Angel Hair Pasta with Tomatoes and Feta
Source: More Recipes from Hour Magazine by selected by Gary Collins (1988)
Differences: Popular internet baked feta pasta roasts a whole block of feta with cherry tomatoes, olive oil and garlic. It then stirs the mix into pasta with basil. The ancestor is a 1980s recipe for angel hair pasta with tomatoes and feta. Both put pasta, tomatoes and feta together in one simple dish. The online version bakes the block of cheese into a creamy sauce. So the texture and taste are different.
Book recipe: We do not offer this for print or share because it is not public domain. Buy or borrow the book.
Online sources: Feel Good Foodie · Baked Feta Pasta (https://feelgoodfoodie.net/recipe/baked-feta-pasta/)
TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/search?q=Baked+Feta+Pasta)
web writeups (https://www.google.com/search?q=Baked+Feta+Pasta+recipe)
Date: Sep 2026

Source: what this book is
More Recipes from Hour Magazine by selected by Gary Collins (1988).
This book collects recipes from the 1980s daytime TV show Hour Magazine. It includes angel hair pasta with tomatoes and feta.

Affiliate: buy the book

Reference: More Recipes from Hour Magazine by selected by Gary Collins (1988). Publisher: G. P. Putnam's Sons, 1988 edition, hardcover, ISBN 978-0399133916.

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