Name: Baked Feta and Tomatoes (Bouyiourdi)
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 35 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 2-4
Cuisine: Greek
Ingredients: 4 large tomatoes - sliced; 1½ red pointed sweet peppers - thinly sliced; 1 large red onion - very thinly sliced, it's best to use a mandoline slicer; 2 long green chilli peppers - medium heat - not birds eye chillies!; 3 fat cloves of garlic - peeled and very finely chopped; 1 x 200g pack of feta - sliced in half horizontally and then cut in half; 1 tablespoon dried oregano; a good pinch of red chilli flakes; a pinch of sea salt and pepper - to season; extra virgin olive oil - to drizzle; Fresh crusty bread or pitta bread for dipping and mopping.

Baked Feta and Tomatoes

Bouyiourdi Recipe - A delicious mix of feta, tomatoes, peppers and onions.

Baked feta with tomatoes, onions and peppers.

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If you've ever been to Greece chances are you will have come across the famous Greek dish bouyiourdi, it's on almost every menu and is usually served as a meze (starter) but I like to go large! 😉

Baked feta is such an easy recipe with no real rules as far as ingredient amounts go. If you're not a huge fan of tomatoes, don't put as many in.

If you LOVE feta (and who doesn't)? add more. Okay, it's certainly not exactly diet food, but everything in moderation as they say.

Of course, if you don't like feta this recipe is not for you, but I do have a healthier version made with Greek yogurt. Yes indeedy, baked yogurt!

Recipe Top Tips!

I could have done with adding a bit more olive oil to my dish but it was still good!

Be sure to slice the onions very thinly otherwise, they won't cook and everything else will be cooked too much. The only way to do this is to use a mandoline slicer this one from OXO Good Grips is actually most marvellous and cheap too.

Don't crumble or cube the feta - use slices but remember the thicker the slice of feta the longer it will take to take on a springy texture.

You will need a 25cm (10-inch) shallow casserole dish with a lid - or you can use kitchen foil but it must be covered tightly. Remember fan ovens are a nightmare when trying to cover a dish with foil - you don't want it coming off and blowing onto the fan. 😱

Ingredients

4 large tomatoes - sliced

1½ red pointed sweet peppers - thinly sliced

1 large red onion - very thinly sliced, it's best to use a mandoline slicer

2 long green chilli peppers - medium heat

3 fat cloves of garlic - peeled and very finely chopped

1 x 200g pack of feta - sliced in half horizontally and then cut in half

1 tablespoon dried oregano

a good pinch of red chilli flakes

a pinch of sea salt and pepper - to season

extra virgin olive oil - to drizzle

Fresh crusty bread or pitta bread for dipping and mopping!

Layer the tomatoes, peppers, onions, chilli and garlic.

Layering vegetables for baked feta recipe in a pan.

After the first layer season with a pinch of salt and black pepper and a pinch of oregano.

Drizzle liberally with olive oil and top with the feta.

Sprinkle over the oregano and the chilli flakes and drizzle over a little more oil - all that oil, sounds bothering I know, but I don't think I added enough so go for it!

Put the lid on your dish and into the oven to bake for 10 minutes.

Remove the lid and put it back into the oven for a further 20-25 minutes by which time the feta should have coloured around the edges and be nice and springy.

Use nice fresh crusty bread or dipping and mopping. 😋

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Yield: 2-4

Author: Jan Bennett