Heya everyone,
it's  ghostbear2k and today this little cub has some easy, yet tasty food for you.

Depending on how you prepare it, it could also serve for a quick meal that will be on your plate and ready to eat before you know it.
The easiest way to do it is to use a jar of dried tomatoes in oil and dried or frozen herbs. Sadly the oil used in those store-bought dried tomatoes in oil is usually just cheap vegetable oil, so that is something I don't like.
Personally I took the long road of marinating the tomatoes myself and using fresh Mediterranean herbs (especially sage) for both the marinade and the dish itself.
I made a bit more of the marinated dried tomatoes than I needed for the dish, just put it into the fridge and keep it there. There work nice as a snack, as an addition to a sandwich or in pasta dishes. Just make sure you use a clean fork every time to take some tomatoes out to avoid contamination.
Let's cook! :3

Marinated dried tomatoes:
- 200g dried tomatoes without oil (they are just salted and then sun-dried)
- 4 garlic cloves
- fresh Mediterranean herbs (1 small sprig of Rosemary, a couple of thyme sprigs, a couple of sage leaves, some fresh oregano)
- 1/2 tbsp peppercorns
- 1 tbsp (white) balsamic vinegar
- olive oil extra vergine (additionally I used some of the onion infused olive oil that I kept in store from making the Tortilla de patatas a couple of days back)

Peel garlic and cut it into thin slices. Wash and dry your herbs, make sure that they are completely dry before you put them into the oil.
Place you dried tomatoes into an airtight container, add herbs, garlic and peppercorns. Pour in the vinegar and then fill the container with olive oil until the tomatoes are completely covered.
Let it marinate for at least half a day. More is better. The tomatoes will need time to soak up the oil and get as soft as those in the story. Personally I like it when they retain a little more bite than that.
Looks like that :3
https://ghostbear.kur.ai/fotos/esse....._marinated.jpg


Linguine with marinated dried tomatoes, Feta & fresh herbs
(serves 2)

- 300g Linguine (Spaghetti will work as well. Basically every Pasta will do)
~ 100g marinated dried tomatoes
- 1 small onion
- 2 garlic cloves
- 1 pack (~180g) of Feta cheese (the real deal, made from sheep's milk)
- fresh Mediterranean herbs (~10 sage leaves, a couple of thyme sprigs, 1 small rosemary sprig, basil, oregano)
- olive oil
- salt, freshly ground pepper, spices to your taste (I used a little bit of Ingo Holland "Tuscan pasta spice" and "Mallorquin herb garden", both a quite spicy and will add a moderate zing to the dish. Alternatively you can use a bit of chili to spice things up)

Take the required amount tomatoes out of the marinade, drain them and cut into pieces. Peel onion and garlic, dice the onion and cut the garlic into thin slices.
Wash and dry the herbs. Pick the leaves of the thyme and rosemary. Cut the sage leaves into thin strips, then roughly chop basil, oregano and rosemary, the thyme leaves can stay intact.
Drain the Feta, then cut it into bite-sized cubes.
In a large pan, bring a generous splash of olive oil to medium heat. Add the onions and carefully sweat them until the start to turn translucent.
While the sauce is preparing, you can also start cooking your pasta. It's a quick dish and that way everything will be ready at the same time.
When the onions are turning glassy, add the garlic and gently sweat it as well, then add rosemary, sage and thyme to your pan and continue to very gently fry until everything starts to get fragrant.
Now add the dried tomatoes, keep stirring.
Pour in a little bit of the Italian Superweapon... namely a bit of the noodle water and season your sauce with salt (be gentle with it, the dried tomatoes are already salty), freshly ground pepper and spices.
When the pasta is al dente, just drain it (keep a bit of the noodle water), do not rinse. Add basil, oregano, feta cheese and your drained noodles directly to the pan and mix everything carefully until the pasta is coated with the sauce. Add a bit of noodle water if it's too dry
Dress onto a soup plate or bowl and top it with some roughly cut basil.
Please enjoy your meal :3