SPAGHETTI WITH FETA AND TOMATO SAUCE

 

                     

 

Jennie Hayrinen is a Finnish food artist that invented the delicious baked feta pasta recipe that has gone viral on social media worldwide, boosting feta sales to an unprecedented peak and even causing shortages across the globe.

 

International documented the massive impact of Jennie’s dish on feta supply and demand across the USA, last month, as the popular recipe which went online in 2018 under the Finnish name “uuni feta pasta” became very popular.

 

Here is the recipe: 

500 g (1 lb) spaghetti

 

210 g (7 oz) Greek feta

½ cup olive oil

½ red chilli pepper

500 g (1 lb) cherry tomatoes

4 garlic cloves, peeled and sliced

Salt and freshly ground pepper to taste

½ cup chopped basil leaves or more

 

Pour some olive oil on the bottom of a baking dish and place the piece of feta on top.  Chop the red chilli pepper and sprinkle over the cheese. Place the cherry tomatoes and garlic slices, roll around the oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste.  Bake in an oven preheated to 200 C (400 F) for 15 minutes in the middle rack. Crumble the feta.

 

Cook the spaghetti “al dente” in salted water, strain and drizzle with olive oil.  Mix the boiled pasta with the feta/tomato sauce, sprinkle with heaps of chopped basil and enjoy!