Meals for Under £10: Pesto and Tomato Tart

HERE’S a colourful, delicious tart that you can make quickly. The combination of pesto with classic cheese and tomato is perfect. Once slice won’t be enough.

You can make this a day in advance. Wrap it in foil and store in the fridge and add the tomatoes to it just before you put it in the oven.

Thanks to Sacla (sacla.co.uk) for this week’s recipe.

You’ll need:

Butter to grease

1 x 190g ready rolled puff pastry sheet

1 pot or 2 tbsp Sacla Basil Pesto

3 plum tomatoes, sliced thinly into discs

Black pepper

70g mozzarella, torn into even-sized pieces about 3cm x 3cm

Small handful of basil leaves

Method:

Preheat oven to 180C/160C fan/gas mark 4.

Lightly grease a loose bottom tart tin (27cm diameter).

Unroll the pastry sheet to line the tin and trim away extra pastry.

Spread one large tbsp Sacla Pesto over the pastry, right to the edges.

Arrange slices tomato attractively on pastry base, covering entire surface with a single layer.

Grind over some black pepper and evenly dot mozzarella over tomatoes.

Cook for 15-20 minutes until tomatoes are soft, cheese melting and browning slightly on top and pastry is golden.

Remove from oven, transfer tart from tin to serving plate, scatter with fresh basil and serve with a crisp green salad.

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