I wasn’t going to post this as I did this about a year ago now, but a friend of mine changed my mind.
I had been talking about this to my friend which I though most people did this I.E marinating cheese but he said he hadn’t ever tried it. He looked very interested in it and started asking me what the process was and how long it took. He knows that Feta isn’t my favourite cheese also which made him even more interested. When I did this to the Feta Oh my! I will always do this with it and experiment with other cheeses too. In fact I may have to do it again this weekend as its great to have in your fridge when friends come round unannounced or even for nibbles.
It gives a really nice unique flavour to it and also turns a “basic, no frills” cheese into a speciality one. When you do this to feta, you also get a fantastic oil to work with, so do not get rid of it. It works fabulously tossed through pasta or rice and drizzled over bread to make Bruschetta’s, its just heavenly. Not to forget, a ready made salad dressing in itself.
This would be a great present for a foodie lover, possibly for Christmas, a Birthday or even to turn up to an al fresco party of some kind. Just imagine, you have an old Jar left over from something, spend 90p roughly on a block of Feta, use up some herbs and oil, stick a bow on it and what a great gift that will surely bring a smile to a friends face.
Marinated Feta:
Ingredients:
– An Empty Jar, approximately one that had 300g/300ml product in, sterilised
– A block of Feta or Greek style salad cheese approximatley 200g
– Olive oil or Rapeseed oil to fill the Jar
– Handful of “Sun-blushed” Tomatoes
– Selection of fresh herbs such as Thyme, Rosemary, Oregano and Lemon Thyme just pulled not chopped
– 3-4 Garlic cloves bashed
– Small handful of Black peppercorns
– Few slithers of chopped red chillies or chilli flakes
Method:
* Its very simple: You put all ingredients into the jar and let it sit in the fridge for about a week for all the flavours to infuse and you are done!
ChezJ9 