Nigel Slater

Friday 3 July 2026

Nigel Slater’s recipe for grilled feta with honey and lavender

A simple yet elegant dish of grilled feta cheese drizzled with honey and infused with lavender and thyme

Ingredients

feta

2 x 150g

lavender buds

1 tsp

dried thyme

2 tsp

za’atar

1 tsp

honey

3 tbsp

olive oil

3 tbsp

sourdough bread

4 thickish slices

Serves

2

| Time

mins

feta

2 x 150g

lavender buds

1 tsp

dried thyme

2 tsp

za’atar

1 tsp

honey

3 tbsp

olive oil

3 tbsp

sourdough bread

4 thickish slices

Serves

2

| Time

mins

Method

Heat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6. Cut two rectangles of baking parchment or kitchen foil large enough to wrap loosely around the two blocks of feta.

Using a pestle and mortar or the end of rolling pin, crush the lavender buds, dried thyme and z’atar together. Season lightly with coarsely ground black pepper then stir in the honey and oil.

Place the two slabs of feta on the parchment or foil and spoon over the herbs and honey mixture. Scrunch the paper or foil together to loosely seal then bake for about 20 minutes. The cheese will have softened.

Toast the slices of bread till golden, then spoon the hot cheese on top, trickling over the baking juices. Eat straight away.

Ingredients

feta

2 x 150g

lavender buds

1 tsp

dried thyme

2 tsp

za’atar

1 tsp

honey

3 tbsp

olive oil

3 tbsp

sourdough bread

4 thickish slices

Method

Heat the oven to 200C/gas mark 6. Cut two rectangles of baking parchment or kitchen foil large enough to wrap loosely around the two blocks of feta.

Using a pestle and mortar or the end of rolling pin, crush the lavender buds, dried thyme and z’atar together. Season lightly with coarsely ground black pepper then stir in the honey and oil.

Place the two slabs of feta on the parchment or foil and spoon over the herbs and honey mixture. Scrunch the paper or foil together to loosely seal then bake for about 20 minutes. The cheese will have softened.

Toast the slices of bread till golden, then spoon the hot cheese on top, trickling over the baking juices. Eat straight away.

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