TikTok s viral baked feta pasta is worth the hype
A recipe for pasta with a baked feta and tomato sauce goes viral on social media. (Washington Post photo by Aaron Hutcherson)
Published February 23. 2021 7:28AM
Aaron Hutcherson, The Washington Post
My initial sentiment toward viral food moments tends to fall between immense skepticism (the tortilla hack ) and downright disdain (mermaid toast). The latest trend to hit the social media airwaves, baked feta pasta, is an outlier in that I was a believer from the jump. It s a low-effort recipe for pasta with tomatoes and cheese what s not to love?
Though Tiiu Piret posted a version of the dish on her blog in February 2018, fellow Finnish blogger Jenni Hayrinen is credited with making uunifetapasta (Finnish for oven-baked feta pasta ) go viral in her country after posting her simplified version a year later. The stores actually ran out of feta cheese here, Hayrinen told Today.
I scoffed at the mini-pancake cereal trend because, really, why would anyone want to undertake such an overly complicated recipe for their morning meal? Even the one-pan egg sandwich and three-ingredient Oreo cake seemed to be more about convenience than taste or quality.
So, I was ready to switch
off
when I
heard about the whole baked feta pasta trend. A gourmet pasta recipe that can be showcased within a 60-second TikTok video? Let’s just say, I was intrigued.
While the origin of the pasta dish is still being disputed, it’s believed
to be by Finnish food blogger Jenni Hayrinen, who posted the recipe on her
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