Friday 18 June 2010

Tomato and Pesto Tart


Wow this is great - you could cut it up small and use it as party food or as a starter.. We had it as a main meal with a green salad mmmm.

serves 4
250g puff pastry (we used ready rolled jus rol puff pastry and it just fitted on to a baking tray.)
plain flour to dust
1 egg yolk beaten with 1 tbspn water to glaze
2-3 tablespoons pesto
100g cherry tomatoes halved
1 small rosemary sprig
few thyme sprigs
2 spring onions finely sliced
2 tablespoons grated parmesan
3-4 basil leaves roughly chopped
olive oil to drizzle

heat oven to 220 C roll out pastry or if ready rolled put on greased baking tray
spread pesto over pastry
arrange tomatoes over pesto
scatter rosemary thyme , onions and parmesan and bake for 20mins. until pastry is golden brown,
scatter with basil and drizzle with olive oil. serve.

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