What is TikTok\u2019s Baked Feta Pasta recipe? Everything you need to know Instagram: the_tartan_tattieIf you haven\u2019t heard of TikTok\u2019s popular baked feta pasta recipe, where have you been? If you haven\u2019t tried it yet, you\u2019re only just hearing about it, or you want to find out where it came from, here\u2019s everything to know. Thel baked feta pasta recipe has reached extraordinary heights of fame since the start of 2021 after it was shared on TikTok and then shared again all over the internet. A video of the recipe by cookingwithayeh has 14.9 million views, while a clip shared by feelgoodfoodie has over 21.1 million views. Meanwhile, the \u201cfetapasta\u201d hashtag has a whopping 1.4 billion views. Where did it come from? The recipe didn\u2019t originate on TikTok \u2013 it was actually first shared by Finnish food blogger Jenni H\u00e4yrinen in 2018. H\u00e4yrinen\u2019s recipe went viral in Finland at the time, and the blogger even wrote that sales of feta cheese increased by 300%: \u201cThe shops were running out of baked feta pasta ingredients and by this date the original uunifetapasta post has over 2.7 million views. Finland has 5.5 million inhabitants\u2026\u201d Even the original recipe by H\u00e4yrinen was a quick alternative for another recipe called \u201cProsecco spaghetti and oven tomatoes\u201d by another Finnish foodie called Tiiu Piret. However, the recipe\u2019s life has continued. It was first reshared on TikTok by Mackenzie Smith, otherwise known as @grilledcheesesocial, in January, prompting several other foodie accounts to do the same, causing it to enjoy popularity once again, but this time on a global scale. \u201cTikTok Feta Pasta\u201d quickly rose up in Google search trends and related tags rapidly grew on other platforms like Instagram and Twitter. It even caused a dramatic increase in demand for feta, with shops in the US reported a shortage of the cheese as a result. How to make TikTok\u2019s Feta Pasta Recipe The recipe is very simple, making it perfect for a quick TikTok video. All you need to do is chuck a whole block of feta, whole cherry tomatoes, garlic with the skin still on, and olive oil in a pan before roasting it in the oven. Meanwhile, all you have to do is boil your pasta, and combine it with the baked Feta mixture when both are cooked, adding some fresh basil to finish. Of course, you can add other seasonings along the way such as oregano, and fresh chili pepper, or some crushed red pepper flakes. And for a creamier texture, foodies suggest using proper Greek Feta instead of feta-style cheese. By nature, this recipe is open to variation, and inspiration can be found just by searching through the related tags on TikTok. One especially divisive recipe, which was uploaded by The Hunger Diaries, involved adding strawberries to the mix \u2013 try it if you dare!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
What is TikTok\u2019s Baked Feta Pasta recipe? Everything you need to know Instagram: the_tartan_tattieIf you haven\u2019t heard of TikTok\u2019s popular baked feta pasta recipe, where have you been? If you haven\u2019t tried it yet, you\u2019re only just hearing about it, or you want to find out where it came from, here\u2019s everything to know. Thel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64192","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dejan.au\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}