Bacon feta is a very popular combination made by mixing the salty cured pork meat with tangy feta cheese. Generally, cured bacon is very salty and combining it with feta cheese can make the preparation quite salty. However, in the Mediterranean, it is common to combine other vegetables like spinach, potatoes, bacon, feta, tomatoes, zucchini and corn with feta cheese to mitigate the salty taste and make a flavorful dish.

Bacon Feta Recipe Ingredients Used and Preparation Overview

Bacon feta dishes are prepared by first sautéing the bacon in a hot pan. This renders the fat from the bacon and vegetables like onions, tomatoes, potatoes, etc are cooked in this rendered fat. These vegetables are mixed with spices, herbs and feta cheese and baked, simmered, cooked or roasted and incorporated into a variety of dishes like casseroles, tarts, pies, savory breads and muffins.  

Serving and Eating Bacon Feta

Bacon Feta may be served hot or cold as a casserole, baked tart, pie, soufflé, savory bread, muffin etc. Usually, fresh tangy salads made with watercress, spinach, tomatoes etc are served alongside to cut the rich taste of fatty bacon and tangy feta cheese. Toasted bread may be served alongside.

Popular Bacon Feta Recipe Variations

Spinach, bacon, feta quiche is made by rendering the fat from the bacon. The bacon cubes are removed and the spinach is sautéed in the bacon fat. Herbs like oregano, paprika and butter are added. Cream, feta cheese and eggs are added to the sautéed bacon, spinach and watercress and poured in to a pie crust. This is baked and then served with fresh salads and a tangy curd dip.

Bacon, feta and sun dried tomato tart is also prepared by sautéing the bacon and cooking the tomatoes, onions, basil pesto in the bacon fat. Cream, feta cheese and eggs are whipped together and mixed with the bacon filling. This is then poured into a tart tin and baked. Season with salt and pepper and serve hot with a cooling salsa.

Gourmet bacon, feta and fruit salad supreme is made by combining cooked bacon, green apples, watermelon, strawberries, feta cheese, basil leaves, olive oil, lemon juice, salt and pepper.

Bacon feta stuffed chicken, mutton, lamb or pork dishes are extremely filling. The bacon is sautéed with spinach, tomatoes, onions, potatoes and peas and then stuffed into a pocket in the meat covering. The stuffed meat is usually roasted and served piping hot with delicious gravy made from the pan drippings.

Bacon, feta, spinach and leek dishes are made by baking the bacon, feta cheese, sautéed spinach and leeks in a liquid egg batter to make egg frittatas. The same vegetables can also be added to bread dough to make savory muffins, cupcakes, loaves and flatbreads.

Health and Nutrition Facts of Bacon Feta

A single serving of bacon feta contains 200 calories. The total fat content is 11g, the cholesterol content is 100mg, the carbohydrate content is 9g and the protein content is 15g.