500 g mixed mushrooms (I’ve used shiitake and brown mushrooms)
1 red onion
6 garlic cloves
120 g block of feta cheese
¼ cup extra virgin olive oil (with some extra)
1 pinch dried oregano
100 g baby spinach
Squeeze of lemon (optional)
DIRECTIONS:
Preheat the oven to 200°C/400°F
Slice mushrooms and onion and place into an oven dish
Add garlic cloves whole in their skin along with the fresh thyme leaves
Drizzle over the olive oil and give a quick mix and massage with your hands so everything is nicely coated
Add the block of feta in the middle of the dish and place all the mushroom mixture around it evenly
Bake in the oven for 25 minutes until mushrooms are nicely golden and feta has softened
When mushrooms have 10 minutes left on the cooking time, start to cook the pasta in heavily salted water. As always, don’t forget to save some pasta water on the side
Remove oven dish and gently peel garlic cloves from their skin. Using a fork, mash the garlic cloves in the same oven tray
Give it all a mix together breaking up the feta cheese with a spoon
First add the spinach then top with the cooked pasta with a good splash of pasta water. Mix together quickly to create a beautiful creamy sauce. If it’s too thick, add more pasta water
Top with any additional protein you’d like, and if you find it too salty add a good squeeze of lemon to balance it out