Tofu feta

A bowl of Greek salad with lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, and feta cheese cubes, garnished with fresh basil.
Photo: Farhad Ibrahimzade

This simple, quick but wonderfully flavourful vegan feta is delicious in salads, but also, for example, on a pizza or in filled puff-pastry bites. This feta keeps for about a week in the fridge.

  • Preparation Time: 10 minutes
  • Cooking Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 40 minutes

Ingredients

Servings: 4
  • 250 g
    firm tofu patted well dry
  • 3 tbsp
    extra virgin olive oil
  • 1/2
    lemon juiced
  • 2 tbsp
    nutritional yeast flakes optional
  • 1
    clove of garlic finely chopped
  • 1 tsp
    oregano or thyme
  • 1/2 tsp
    salt
  • 1/8 tsp
    freshly ground pepper

Instructions

  1. Cut the tofu into cubes of about a centimeter across.

  2. Mix the ingredients for the marinade in a large bowl.

  3. Put the tofu cubes in the bowl with the marinade and mix well so that all the cubes are covered.

  4. Let the tofu marinate for at least 30 minutes.

  5. The 'tofeta' is now ready to use. It is delicious in salads, but also, for example, crumbled on a pizza, or as a filling for puff pastry bites.

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