This Baked Feta Appetizer is the perfect Mediterranean Meze. You can add other sides like kalamata olives with lemon and grape tomatoes as pictured below. Add some pita bread or sliced baguettes to dip on the olive oil as you share this delicious appetizer!
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Mediterranean Mezes
Mediterranean Mezes are small appetizers like tapas or bocaditos in other cultures.
It’s customary in most Mediterranean countries, including my native country of Albania to sit with friends and family and share different mezes ahead of the main meal. Obviously this is done while enjoying some wine, beer or favorite cocktail.
If sitting down, usually these types of appetizers including the baked feta appetizer are served family style on the table and everyone serves a bit on their own plate. Something that people can find surprising is that in the Mediterranean people love to dip their bread on the olive oil of the Greek salad or the herbed olive oil of the baked feta. It’s sooo good, almost the best bite of the whole meal!!
How to Bake Feta Cheese?
Feta cheese is a typical cheese in many Mediterranean countries. It’s produced in blocks, stored in brine and made from sheep’s milk (or combination of sheep and goat milk).
Feta cheese has a distinct flavor, it’s salty and crumbles easily. It’s usually part of many Mediterranean dishes and salads.
You don’t need much to bake feta cheese. You need a small baking tray, a block of feta cheese, olive oil and favorite herbs. I love using oregano and rosemary. You can add additional ingredients to taste like honey, spices, tomatoes etc.
Pour olive olive over feta cheese, sprinkle with dry oregano and fresh rosemary leaves.
Turn oven to 380 degrees Fahrenheit (approx. 190 degrees Celsius). Bake for 20 minutes or until you see a golden brown crust forming on the edges of the cheese.
How To Serve Baked Feta?
The possibilities on how to serve this baked feta appetizer are endless. The simplest way would be to add some kalamata olives, tomatoes and or a greek salad. Then you can add pita bread, sliced fresh homemade bread or baguettes.
When it comes to kalamata olives, you can just add them from a jar to a serving dish or you can fancy them up a little bit. Add 1 tbsp olive oil, 1 tbsp lemon juice and bite size slices of lemon. Then mix it up and let it chill while feta is baking.
Baked Feta Appetizer (Meze) With Olives And Tomatoes
Equipment
- square baking dish
Ingredients
Baked Feta
- 8 ozs square feta block (about 225 grams)
- 2 tbsps olive oil extra virgin
- 1 tsp fresh rosemary leaves
- 1 tsp dry oregano
- 4 pita breads (optional for dipping)
Kalamata with Lemons
- 0.5 cup kalamata olives pitted
- 1 lemon
- 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
Grape Tomatoes
- 1 cup grape tomatoes
- 2-3 fresh mint leaves
- 1 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
- pinch salt
Instructions
Baked Feta
- Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees Fahrenheit (about 200 degrees Celsius)
- Add feta block to baking tray.
- Pour olive oil over feta. Add oregano and fresh rosemary leaves.
- Bake for about 20 minutes until cheese gets soft and edges golden brown.
- Serve warm, but let cool a bit after baking because it is extremely hot.
Kalamata with Lemons
- Wash lemon and dry. Cut lemon in half. Squeeze half and cut the other half in small pieces, skin on.
- Add olives to a serving dish. Pour olive oil and 1 tbsp of lemon juice over. Mix well and finally add small bite size pieces of lemon.
- Chill this dish while the feta cheese is baking.
Grape Tomatoes
- Wash and pat dry the grape tomatoes. Cut them in half.
- Cut grape tomatoes in half. Add salt to taste, olive oil and mix well. Garnish with mint leaves.
- Chill while feta cheese is baking.
Notes
- Calories are estimated from a fitness app.
- You can add so many more side dishes and other appetizers to make this a big spread. I just showed few basic ones that go well with baked feta but feel free to modify this recipe to your liking:)
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Adding feta to my grocery list and this post to my Pinterest! I need this Baked Feta Cheese Meze on my table soon! Que deliiii!!!!
Thank you very much Veronica!!! I buy my feta at Costco, they have it a other stores here in Miami but in smaller packages.
I need to give a try to this baked feta cheese asap! Love everything Mediterranean. I already sent this to my Tapas board on Pinterest!
Thank you Enri:)
Wow! Todo, absolutamente todo se ve delicioso! Y además se ve muy estético.
I love this baked feta meze, its delicious 😋
Que delicia se ve ese queso feta al horno ya quiero probarlo, gracias por tus ricas recetas
Gracias Ada!!!