QUICK TOMATO AND BASIL TART
Ingredients
- 1 sheet ready-rolled puff pastry
- 1 jar ready-made pesto
- 5 ripe plum tomatoes
- thinly sliced
- sea salt flakes and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 bag herb salad
- 4 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
- 2 tsp lemon juice
Directions
- Preheat the oven to 180C/350F/Gas 4.
- Place the puff pastry on a non-stick baking sheet. Prick all over with a fork
- leaving a 1inc/2cm border around the edge.
- Spread the jar of pesto over the pastry base
- being careful not to cover the border. Then lie the tomatoes on top of the pesto
- overlapping slightly. Season generously with sea salt and freshly ground black pepper.
- Bake in the oven for 15-20 minutes or until the pastry border is crisp and golden and the tomatoes are soft.
- Dress the salad with two tbsp of olive oil and the lemon juice
- season generously with salt and freshly ground black pepper and mix well.
- To serve
- cut into the tart into slices. Place the salad in the centre of each serving plate and place a slice of tart on top. Finish with a drizzle of olive oil.

