Fusilli pasta with cherry tomatoes, black olives and feta cheese

Method8 steps

1. 1

   Step 1: Wash and halve the 15 cherry tomatoes. Cut the 150 g feta into cubes, peel the garlic (1 clove) clove, and measure 3 heaped tablespoons of pitted Taggiasca olives.

   Uses 15 cherry tomatoes · 150 g Greek feta cheese · 1 clove garlic · 3 heaped tbsp pitted black Taggiasca olives

   
2. 2

   Step 2: Heat a little extra virgin olive oil in a large frying pan. Add the prepared garlic clove and sauté until fragrant and lightly golden, without burning it.

   Uses A little extra virgin olive oil for the pan · Peeled garlic clove

   
3. 3

   Step 3: Add the prepared 3 heaped tablespoons of pitted Taggiasca olives to the garlic and oil and stir them through.

   Uses Garlic and olive oil in pan · 3 heaped tbsp prepared pitted Taggiasca olives

   
4. 4

   Step 4: Add the prepared halved cherry tomatoes, the 1 tsp oregano, pepper and a little of the salt. Cook briskly over high heat, stirring, for about 10 minutes, until the tomatoes soften and release their juices; do not let this sauce stage run beyond the source guide of 15 minutes.

   Cook tomato and olive sauce · 10 minUses Olives, garlic and oil in pan · Halved cherry tomatoes · 1 tsp oregano · Pepper, to taste · Salt for sauce, to taste

5. 5

   Step 5: While the sauce cooks, bring a separate pot of water to the boil and salt it with some of the remaining salt. Add the 250 g fusilli and cook according to its package directions until al dente, then drain.

   Uses Water, enough to cook the pasta · Salt for pasta water, to taste · 250 g fusilli pasta

6. 6

   Step 6: Add the drained, cooked fusilli to the finished tomato and olive sauce. Toss gently in the pan until the pasta is coated.

   Uses Drained al dente fusilli · Cooked tomato and olive sauce

   
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   Step 7: Add all the prepared feta cubes to the sauced pasta and warm everything through gently, tossing until the feta softens slightly and lends creaminess to the sauce.

   Uses Fusilli coated in tomato and olive sauce · Prepared feta cubes

   
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   Step 8: Divide the hot fusilli, tomatoes, olives and feta between three serving bowls and serve.

   Uses Finished hot fusilli with tomatoes, olives and feta