Search Over 15,000 Recipes

Advanced Search

Ingredients

Exclude

Cuisine
Collections
Chef Name
Show Name

Recipes from: Celebrity Chefs
Member Chefs
Both
Recipes must have: Video Photo

Tabbouleh with Baked Feta with Chilli and Mint

Recipe by Maria Elia from Perfect

Pin It

This meze recipe by Maria Elia is the perfect accompaniment to a drinks party.

Serves 4

Ingredients

For the feta:

4 block of evenly sized feta – approx 70g each
Extra virgin olive oil
1 tsp chilli fakes
3 tomatoes , sliced
A handful of fresh mint
Sea salt and freshly ground pepper

For the tabbouleh:

120g flat leaf parsley
50g mint leaves, picked
2 tomatoes finely diced
1 small red onion, finely diced
150g puy lentils, cooked
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 tsp all spice
Sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
Juice of a lemon
60ml olive oil
Feta to crumble over the top (tbc)

Measurement Conversion Calculator

Method

For the feta:

Preheat the oven to 190c
Cut a large piece of foil and put in on a baking tray, place the tomatoes on the foil and the feta on top of them, drizzle with olive oil and sprinkle over the chilli flakes
Put another piece of foil on top and seal the edges to make a parcel. Place in the oven for about 8 minutes, if the feta comes from the fridge you will need to double the cooking time, remove and open the parcels, sprinkle over the mint leaves just before serving

For the tabbouleh:

Using a very sharp knife slice the parsley as thinly as possible, starting with the leaves and going down to the stalks, repeat with the mint leaves
Combine the tomatoes, lentils, onions, herbs and spices and season with salt. Dress with lemon juice and olive oil and stir in the feta just before serving

No Rating

Notes & Tips

RECIPE TIPS:

• Look for Greek feta cheese wrapped in Cryo-vac containers. These should contain some of the brine the cheese was made with. Tightly-wrapped feta cheese resting on a plastic or foam platter does not contain brine, which adds flavor and moisture.

• Read the label for country of origin. Select Greek feta cheese imported from Greece, rather than from France or Bulgaria. Greek feta makers produce the cheese with ingredients from different regions and offer a greater variety of textures and tastes.

• Check the ingredients list on the label. Make sure it contains at least some goat's milk or sheep's milk, as opposed to purely cow's milk. Goat's milk or sheep's milk give Greek feta cheese its distinctive taste.

• Examine the packaging of the Greek feta cheese. The cheese should look moist and very white in color, rather than a dried-out brick or loose mass of yellowish crumbs.