Viral baked feta pasta recipe

Name: Viral baked feta pasta recipe
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 serving(s)
Ingredients: 500 g cherry tomatoes; 2 garlic cloves, crushed; 2 1/2 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil; 200 g feta; 300 g penne pasta; 25 g fresh basil, leaves picked and roughly chopped

This simple pasta recipe went viral on TikTok in 2021. Once you taste our version of this easy dish, you’ll be hooked, too!

By The GH Kitchen TeamUpdated: 16 May 2025

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It went viral for a reason! Pasta is tossed in a creamy feta sauce that's been baked in the oven with tomatoes, garlic and basil.

The ideal midweek dinner after a busy day when you want something easy, but don't want to compromise on flavour.

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Yields:

4 serving(s)

Prep Time:

10 mins

Cook Time:

35 mins

Total Time:

45 mins

Cal/Serv:

490

Ingredients

500 g cherry tomatoes
2 garlic cloves, crushed
2 1/2 Tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
200 g feta
300 g penne pasta
25 g fresh basil, leaves picked and roughly chopped

Directions

1. Step 1Preheat oven to 220°C (200°C fan) mark 7. Toss the cherry tomatoes, garlic, 2tbsp olive oil and some seasoning in a medium, deep roasting tin (the tomatoes should just fit in a single layer). Place the feta in the centre and drizzle over the remaining 1⁄2tbsp oil. Cook for 35min.
2. Step 2When your sauce has 15min left, bring a large pan of salted water to the boil and cook the pasta according to pack instructions. Drain, reserving 150ml of the pasta cooking water.
3. Step 3Remove the roasting tin from the oven and stir in most of the basil, until the tomatoes and feta break up and you have a chunky sauce. Stir in the hot pasta and the reserved pasta water. Check seasoning, garnish with remaining basil and serve.

For added goodness, you could stir in a handful of baby spinach at step 3, until wilted.

Any tubular pasta would work well here.

If you're a fan of this recipe, then we have lots of easy pastas for you to try.

Per serving:

Calories: 490
Protein: 19g
Fat: 19g
Saturates: 8g
Carbs: 59g
Sugars: 7g
Fibre: 5g

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The GH Kitchen Team

The GH Kitchen Team are Good Housekeeping’s resident recipe developers and all-round food obsessives. GH Kitchen Director Sarah Akhurst is our resident hosting pro and loves nothing more than putting on a foodie feast for friends. Our GH Kitchen Manager Linzi Pucino is our very own Italian food expert (originally hailing from the North East of Scotland!) and can be found working her way through midweek recipes that cover all bases, from haggis to ragu! Our Kitchen Editor ⁠Nadine Brown loves digging into the stories behind her favourite foods and enjoys applying her eclectic tastes to more modern, flavour-forward recipes - just don't give her too much chilli! Our Junior Food Content Produce ⁠Frankie Prichard combines a love of beautiful presentation and flavour-led, seasonal cooking in her recipe development, along with a passion for bringing people together through food. With a wealth of professional kitchen experience between them, they’re dedicated to ensuring every Good Housekeeping recipe is the best it can be, so you can trust they’ll work every single time