Hors d'Oeurvre

Roasted Feta

Want a chic, quick and addictive appetizer recipe

 that anyone can make?

Crumbly and creamy, this cheese is divine, when roasted.

Ingredients:

1 8 ounce square of feta (Trader Joes)

1 1/4 cup of Kalmata Olives (quartered)

1/4 red Bell Pepper, finely diced

1/2 teaspoon dried oregano

Cracked black pepper      

Olive oil (extra virgin)

Grated Parmesan

 1 bag of plain pita chip (Make your own, it's quick, see recipe to follow) 

 1 small baking dish just slightly larger than

 the feta (see picture)

To begin:

Preheat the oven to 375 degrees.

Prep the bell pepper , olive and shallot.

Remove feta from its wrapper and rinse. Pat dry with paper towel.

Sprinkle 1-2 tablespoons of Olive Oil over the bottom of the baking dish. Place the feta on top. Sprinkle dried oregano to cracker pepper over the top.

Drizzle the olive oil. Top with bell pepper, olive and shallots, letting it spill over the sides. Sprinkle with Parmesan and bake.

Bake 375 degrees for 15 minutes.

Gilding the Lily: Make your own Pita chips. 

They bake right along the feta.

6-8 regular size pita

1/8 cup olive oil

2 cloves garlic, crushed, add to the olive oil

Parmesan to sprinkle on top

salt

Line the baking sheet with parchment, foil or silpat

Cut each pita into 8 pieces. Brush both sides with garlic and olive oil. (I do this after I get them all on the baking sheet) 

Sprinkle lightly with salt and Parmesan (I also sprinkle mine with a little garlic powder, just to give then an extra layer of flavor) and bake them at the same time you put the Feta in the oven. Pita chips will firm as they cool.

And Voila....Perfection!

The discovery of a new dish does more for the happiness of a mankind than the discovery of a star.

-Antheime Brillat-Savarin