Baked Feta with Honey

Baked Feta Recipe 

Slightly salty feta with sweetness from the honey, topped with Za'atar seasoning and thyme.

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This is such a simple recipe to make and it's so good to eat - creamy and delicious. Ideal for spreading onto freshly baked crusty bread.

Makes a perfect appetiser and serves two as a sharing course. Although with that said, I could quite happily eat the whole thing to myself! 😋

Totally addictive and the whole thing is ready in a little over 20 minutes.

Nothing fancy is needed, just hunks of crusty bread for dipping and mopping is all that's needed here, folks!

Za’atar

Za’atar spice mix can be found in any good supermarket but if you happen to have the ingredients in your storecupboard you can easily make it yourself.

How to make za’atar seasoning

• 1 tablespoon cumin

• 1 tablespoon coriander

• 1 tablespoon sesame seeds

• 1 tablespoon dried oregano

• 1 tablespoon sumac

• 2 teaspoons sea salt

• 1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

Toast the cumin and coriander seeds in a dry pan, just until they start to release their aroma - take care not to let them burn.

Using a pestle and mortar grind them to a fine powder and then stir in all the other ingredients.

Add the salt and black pepper and that's it, you're all done.

This will keep in a small jar or airtight container for a month.

Serves 2 as a sharing course

First, gather your ingredients.

Remove the feta from its packaging and drain the water from it. Pat it dry with a kitchen paper towel.

Put the whole slab of feta into a dish that it fits into snuggly.

Drizzle with olive oil so that there's a tiny shallow pool in the bottom - no more. Sprinkle over the za’atar and chilli flakes.

Put it into a preheated oven 200°C/400°F (Fan oven 180°C) on the middle shelf and bake for 10 minutes.

Remove from the oven and drizzle well with honey (I forgot to take a picture)! Put it back into the oven to bake for a further 10 minutes.

Remove and sprinkle over a few fresh thyme leaves.

Equipment

You will need a small ovenproof dish - I got mine from Habitat at Argos.

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Yield: 2

Author: Jan Bennett

Baked Feta with Honey

Serves two as a sharing dish.

Prep time: 2 MinCook time: 20 MinTotal time: 22 Min

Ingredients

Gather your ingredients

• olive oil
• 1 x 200g slab of feta
• a good pinch of za'atar
• a good pinch of chilli flakes
• runny honey
• a spring of fresh thyme - leaves picked

Instructions

Preheat your oven 200°C/400°F (Fan oven 180°C)

1. Remove the feta from its packaging, drain the water and pat it dry with a kitchen paper towel.
2. Put the whole slab of feta into a dish that it fits into snuggly.
3. Drizzle with olive oil so that there's a tiny shallow pool in the bottom - no more. Sprinkle over the za’atar and chilli flakes.
4. Put it into a preheated oven 200°C/400°F (Fan oven 180°C) on the middle shelf and bake for 10 minutes.
5. Remove from the oven and drizzle well with honey. Put it back into the oven to bake for a further 10 minutes. Remove and sprinkle over a few fresh thyme leaves.
6. Serve with hunks of fresh crusty bread for dipping and mopping.

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