Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes


Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes
Here's a super-simple, but simply delicious recipe, where green beans, cooked on the side just tender, are mixed with a cream made from baked cherry tomatoes and feta cheese.

It's the vegetable-only version of the cherry tomato, olive and feta pasta you may already know.
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Last modified on: September 3rd 2025
For 4 people, you will need:
  • 1 cherry tomatoes 1 lb + 1.6 oz cherry tomatoes
  • 2 cooked green beans 1 lb + 1.6 oz cooked green beans
  • 3 olive oil 4 tablespoons olive oil
  • 4 feta 7.0 oz feta
  • 5 dry oregano dry oregano
  • 6 salt salt

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Times for this recipe
Preparation: 50 min.
Cooking: 25 min.
All in all: 1 hour 9 min.
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Step by step recipe


Stage 1 - 10 min.
Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes
Wash 1 lb + 1.6 oz cherry tomatoes, dry and cut in 2.

Sprinkle with salt and set aside.

Stage 2 - 30 min.
Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes
Prepare 1 lb + 1.6 oz cooked green beans, cut into small pieces and set aside.

Stage 3 - 2 min.
Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes
Preheat oven to 200°C (390°F).

In a large gratin dish, pour 4 tablespoons olive oil and place 7.0 oz feta in the middle.

Stage 4 - 2 min.
Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes
Arrange the cherry tomato halves all around, sprinkle with dried oregano, and drizzle generously with olive oil.

Stage 5 - 20 min.
Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes
Bake for 20 minutes at 200°C (390°F), and close the oven door once you've taken them out.

Stage 6 - 2 min.
Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes
Stir the contents of the dish with a spoon to form the sauce.

Stage 7 - 3 min.
Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes
Add the green beans and mix again.

Return the dish to the oven, still hot, for 3 to 5 minutes, just to warm everything up.

Stage 8
Green beans with feta cream and cherry tomatoes
Serve immediately.
Remarks
Green beans can be cooked well in advance, or even the day before.

If you don't have oregano, sprinkle with herbes de Provence.
Keeping: Enjoy immediately, but can be stored in the fridge for 1 or 2 days, protected by cling film.
Source: Home made.
Nutritional information
Proteins (gr)Carbohydrates (gr)Fats (gr)Energy value (in k-calories)Energy value (in k-joules)
Whole recipe50 RDI=20 %60 RDI=5 %100 RDI=20 %1,350 RDI=70 %5,660 RDI: 70 %
Per 100 g4 RDI=2 %4 RDI=0 %8 RDI=1 %110 RDI=5 %450 RDI: 5 %
Per person10 RDI=5 %10 RDI=1 %30 RDI=4 %340 RDI=20 %1,420 RDI: 20 %
The % figures are calculated in relation to the Recommended Dietary Intake , or RDI of 2,000 k-calories (or 8,400 k-joules) per day for a woman Change to a man
Possible allergens in this recipe: milk
How much will it cost?
  • For 4 people : 6.75 €
  • Per person : 1.70 €

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