Mostaccioli With Roasted Tomato, Feta, And Garlic

Total Time: 1 hr 15 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 1 hr

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 1/4 cup olive oil or 1/4 cup vegetable oil
• 10 medium roma tomatoes, cut in half
• 1/4 teaspoon salt
• 1 teaspoon sugar
• fresh ground pepper
• 1 clove unpeeled garlic
• 2 cups uncooked mostaccioli pasta (6 ounces)
• 1/4 cup chopped fresh basil or 1 tablespoon dried basil leaves
• 1 cup crumbled feta cheese (4 ounces, plain or flavored)

Recipe

• 1 heat oven to 300 degrees.
• 2 line cookie sheet with aluminum foil.
• 3 generously brush with 1 tablespoon of the oil.
• 4 arrange tomato halves, cut sides up, in a single layer on cookie sheet.
• 5 brush with 4 teaspoons of the oil.
• 6 sprinkle with salt, sugar, and pepper.
• 7 cut 1/2 inch top of garlic bulb.
• 8 drizzle 2 teaspoons of the oil over garlic bulb.
• 9 wrap in aluminum foil.
• 10 place on cookie sheet with tomatoes.
• 11 bake 55-60 minutes or until garlic is soft when pierced with a knife and tomatoes have begun to shrivel.
• 12 cool slightly.
• 13 cook and drain pasta as directed on package.
• 14 squeeze garlic into remaining 1 tablespoon oil and mash until smooth.
• 15 toss with pasta.
• 16 add tomato and basil.
• 17 toss.
• 18 top with cheese.
• 19 serve immediately.