Chilli Roast Tomatoes with Dill, Mint and Feta

With roasted cherry tomatoes, cooling yoghurt, salty feta, and fresh herbs, it’s the kind of dish that feels as joyful on a weeknight as it does at a dinner party. We’ve served it at supper parties, shared it with friends, and it never fails to win hearts. This recipe serves 4, simply double or triple for a larger group!

Ingredients

• 650 g cherry tomatoes

• 3 tbsp extra virgin olive oil

• 3 tsp chilli flakes

• 2 tsp fennel seeds

• sea salt flakes

• freshly ground black pepper

• 4 tsp runny honey

• 225 g Greek yoghurt

• 150 g feta cheese, crumbled

• 1 garlic clove finely grated

• 5 g dill chopped, any coarse stalks removed

• 10 g mint leaves, teared

• 10 g shelled unsalted pistachio nuts chopped

Method

Step 1: Preheat the oven to 190°C fan (400°F), Gas Mark 6.

Step 2: Cut the tomatoes in half lengthways and place on a baking tray in

a single layer. Spoon 2 tablespoons of the oil over them, then turn them over

with your hands so they get well coated. Leave them with the cut sides up.

Step 3: Put the chilli flakes and fennel seeds into a mortar and bash them. You

won’t break the fennel seeds down, but you’ll crush them a bit. Sprinkle these

over the tomatoes and season. Mix the honey with the remaining 1 tablespoon

of olive oil and spoon a little over each tomato.

Step 4: Cook for 10- 15 minutes but keep an eye on them as you don’t want

them to overcook and lose their shape.

Step 5: Stir the yoghurt, crumbled feta and garlic together and season. Put the

yoghurt on your serving dish and pile the roast tomatoes on top. Sprinkle the

teared mint, dill and chopped pistachios all over the dish and serve. Enjoy.

We love recipes like this: uncomplicated, full of flavour, and made to be shared. Serve it with warm flatbreads (see our recipe here) to soak up the juices.

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