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Whipped Feta with Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
This delicious and stunning recipe is a perfect appetizer or light lunch. The whipped feta is best when served at room temperature and improves in flavour when it can sit in the fridge overnight.
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Ingredients
- Slow-Roasted Cherry Tomatoes
- 2 cups cherry tomatoes (500 mL)
- 1/2 cup canola oil (125 mL)
- 2 cloves garlic, sliced
- 12 sprigs of fresh thyme
- 2 bay leaves
- 10 whole black peppercorns
- 1/4 tsp salt (1 mL)
Whipped feta
- 1 container (200g) feta cheese, drained
- 1/4 cup sour cream (60 mL)
- 2 Tbsp canola oil (30 mL)
- 1 small clove garlic
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice (15 mL)
- 2 tsp lemon zest (10 mL)
- 1/2 tsp hot sauce (2 mL)
Garnish (optional)
- 2 Tbsp coarsely chopped parsley (30 mL)
- 1 tsp fresh cracked black pepper (5 mL)
Directions
- Preheat oven to 275ºF (140°C).
- In 8”x 8” (20 x 20 cm) pan or casserole dish, add tomatoes.
- In a small bowl, mix 1/2 cup (125 mL) canola oil, sliced garlic, thyme, bay leaves, whole peppercorns and salt. Pour over the tomatoes and toss gently to coat.
- Roast for 1 hr 15 min, until tomato skins begin to shrivel. Remove from oven and let cool in the pan.
- Meanwhile, in a food processor, pulse the feta into small pieces. Add sour cream, 2 Tbsp (30 mL) canola oil, 1 clove garlic, lemon juice and zest and hot sauce. Purée until smooth.
- When ready to serve, add whipped feta to a serving dish. With a slotted spoon, remove tomatoes and roasted garlic from the oil and arrange on top of the whipped feta.
- Garnish with parsley and fresh cracked pepper.
TIP: Refrigerate your leftover oil and use within 2-3 days as a marinade for chicken, use to make the focaccia recipe or try it in a homemade salad dressing.
TIP: Pair this dish with the crostini from our Roasted Crostini Recipe.
TIP: The tomatoes should stay in the marinade until serving to gather max flavour!
TIP: Replace fresh thyme with 1/2 tsp dried.
Nutritional Analysis
| Calories | 246 |
|---|---|
| Total Fat | 24.2 g |
| Saturated Fat | 5.7 g |
| Cholesterol | 25 mg |
| Sodium | 316 mg |
| Carbohydrates | 3.7 g |
| Fiber | 0.5 g |
| Sugar | 2.1 g |
| Protein | 6 g |
| Potassium | 181 mg |
