Description
A warm and delicious dish combining creamy feta cheese with honey and crunchy sesame seeds, perfect as an appetizer or mezze platter addition.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 block feta cheese (about 200–250g)
- 2 tablespoons honey
- 2 tablespoons sesame seeds (white or a mix of white and black)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 180°C (350°F).
- Place the block of feta cheese in a small baking dish.
- Drizzle honey over the feta.
- Sprinkle sesame seeds on top of the feta and honey.
- Drizzle olive oil over everything.
- Bake in the preheated oven for about 15-20 minutes, or until the cheese is warmed through and slightly golden.
- Serve warm with crusty bread or as a part of a mezze platter.
Notes
Use high-quality feta cheese for the best flavor. Consider adding a pinch of crushed red pepper flakes for a bit of spice.
- Prep Time: 5 minutes
- Cook Time: 20 minutes
- Category: Appetizer
- Method: Baking
- Cuisine: Albanian
Nutrition
- Serving Size: 1 serving
- Calories: 320
- Sugar: 14g
- Sodium: 600mg
- Fat: 20g
- Saturated Fat: 6g
- Unsaturated Fat: 12g
- Trans Fat: 0g
- Carbohydrates: 28g
- Fiber: 1g
- Protein: 10g
- Cholesterol: 50mg
Keywords: feta cheese, appetizer, baked feta, honey, sesame seeds, Albanian cuisine, mezze platter