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Printed September 2, 2026

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Tahini Date Baked Feta

Name: Tahini Date Baked Feta
Ingredients: 1 block feta cheese (200g); 4 tablespoons tahini; 6 Medjool dates, pitted and chopped; 2 tablespoons olive oil; Za'atar spice blend for garnish

A block of feta gets the baked treatment with Middle Eastern sweetness and nuttiness. Scoop this molten, sticky cheese with anything and everything.

1 min Mild Rebel 5 ingredients

Ingredients

1 block feta cheese (200g)
4 tablespoons tahini
6 Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
Za'atar spice blend for garnish

Preparation

Baked feta became a phenomenon for good reason—the cheese becomes creamy and spoonable. Adding tahini and dates takes it somewhere entirely new, balancing the feta's salt with nutty richness and natural sweetness.

Preparation

Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
Place feta block in a small baking dish.
Drizzle tahini and olive oil over the feta, then scatter chopped dates around it.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until feta is soft and edges are golden.
Remove from oven and sprinkle generously with za'atar.

Serve this molten masterpiece with warm pita, crackers, or vegetables. The dates caramelize and meld with the tahini into something that tastes far more complex than the ingredient count suggests.

5-Ingredient Magic

Tahini Date Baked Feta

July 11, 2026 1 min read Mild Rebel 5 ingredients

A block of feta gets the baked treatment with Middle Eastern sweetness and nuttiness. Scoop this molten, sticky cheese with anything and everything.

Ingredients

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1 block feta cheese (200g)
4 tablespoons tahini
6 Medjool dates, pitted and chopped
2 tablespoons olive oil
Za'atar spice blend for garnish

The Story & Steps

Preparation

Preheat oven to 200°C (400°F).
Place feta block in a small baking dish.
Drizzle tahini and olive oil over the feta, then scatter chopped dates around it.
Bake for 20-25 minutes until feta is soft and edges are golden.
Remove from oven and sprinkle generously with za'atar.

Serve this molten masterpiece with warm pita, crackers, or vegetables. The dates caramelize and meld with the tahini into something that tastes far more complex than the ingredient count suggests.

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