The Viral TikTok Pasta

Name: The Viral TikTok Pasta
Cook time: 45 min
Ingredients: 2 pints sweet cherry tomatoes, rinsed and patted dry; 1 7oz block of feta cheese (queso fresco also works); Olive oil; 2-3 cloves of garlic, minced; Pinch of oregano; Salt and pepper; 2 TBS fresh basil, chopped; 8 oz dry pasta (short shapes work best, such as rotini, macaroni, penne, etc)

⏱ 45 min 8 ingredients

Ingredients

2 pints sweet cherry tomatoes, rinsed and patted dry
1 7oz block of feta cheese (queso fresco also works)
Olive oil
2-3 cloves of garlic, minced
Pinch of oregano
Salt and pepper
2 TBS fresh basil, chopped
8 oz dry pasta (short shapes work best, such as rotini, macaroni, penne, etc)

Method

Preheat oven to 400F.
Add cherry tomatoes to a 9-inch square baking dish. Drizzle generously with olive oil (I didn't measure, but a few good glugs). Add garlic, oregano, basil, and a few shakes of salt and pepper (go easy on the salt). mix everything together until the tomatoes are well-coated.
Nestle the block of cheese in the center of the dish and add a small drizzle of olive oil on top. Bake for about 35 minutes or until the tomatoes are wrinkled up and cheese is starting to brown.
While the dish is in the oven, cook the pasta to al dente using salted water (follow suggestions for cook times on the packaging). Drain the pasta, conserving about a cup of the pasta water.
Use the back of a spoon to squish the tomatoes and the cheese and then stir everything together. Add the drained pasta and stir, adding a bit of the pasta sauce as needed to loosen the sauce and keep everything moist (you don't have to use all of the pasta water that you saved)
Add additional fresh basil if desired, and serve.

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