Pasta with cherry tomatoes, olives and feta cheese

A recipe from cooking-ez.com

For 4 people, you will need:

• 1 500 g cherry tomatoes
• 2 fine (or table) salt
• 3 olive oil
• 4 200 g feta
• 5 herbes de Provence
• 6 50 g black olives
• 7 500 g pasta
• Total weight: 1,250 grams

Times:

Preparation
19 min.

Step by step recipe

• 1: Wash and dry 500 g cherry tomatoes.
• 2: Cut them in 2, place the cut part on top, then sprinkle with fine salt and leave to stand for 15 minutes.
  Preheat your oven to 200°C (390°F).
• 3: Meanwhile, pour a little olive oil into a gratin dish, then place 200 g feta in the center (no need to cut it).
• 4: Pour the cherry tomatoes around...
• 5: Add 50 g black olives cut in 2, sprinkle with herbes de Provence then lightly salt tomatoes and olives, drizzle with olive oil, and bake for 15-20 minutes.
• 6: Meanwhile, cook the pasta of your choice, then drain.
• 7: After baking, the tomatoes are candied and the feta seems to have remained the same...
• 8: ...but that's where the magic happens: stir the entire contents of the dish with a spoon, and the cream forms.
• 9: Pour the still-warm pasta into the dish, toss, serve immediately and enjoy.

Remarks

You can use any kind of pasta you like: penne, spaghetti, fusilli, etc.
You'll notice that, strangely enough, the pasta takes on a surprising "pizza" taste (tomatoes-cheese-herbs-olive), which makes us call this recipe "pazzas" in the family.

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