Baked Feta Cheese With Olives Recipe
This is a simple, delicious appetizer served warm with crackers or toasted baguette slices.
Ingredients
- 7 oz block of sheep's milk feta
- 1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
- Juice of one half lemon and cut the other half in two as garnish
- 1 cup mixed olives
- 1/2 cup oven dried tomatoes with garlic optional: from the Whole Foods Deli
- 2 tbs. chopped rosemary plus a branch or two as garnish
- 1/2 tsp. red pepper flakes
- Sprinkling of fresh black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350F.
- Put the feta in a gratin dish or other small ovenproof dish that you will also use for serving.
- Pour the olive oil into the dish, followed by the lemon juice.
- Arrange the olives around the cheese, with the rosemary and the optional oven roasted tomatoes.
- Add the quartered lemon halve as well.
- Sprinkle the red and black pepper over all.
- Bake for about 20 minutes, or until hot and bubbling.
Notes
I put the lid on the ramekin and transported it on a wooden cutting board to our friends' dinner party.