Tomato & pesto tart
Cooking time
Ready in 40 minsSkill level
EasyServings
Serves 4Plum, cherry or vine, make this juicy tomatoes the star of the show
Nutrition and extra info
Additional info
- Easily halved
Nutrition per serving
- kcalories
- 458
- protein
- 9.7g
- carbs
- 40g
- fat
- 29.9g
- saturates
- 12.6g
- fibre
- 1.6g
- sugar
- -
- salt
- 0.97g
Ingredients
- 375g ready-rolled puff pastry
- 6-8 vine tomatoes, depending on size, thinly sliced
- 4 tbsp pesto
- 2 tbsp mascarpone
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Method
- Heat the oven to 200C/fan 180C/gas 6. Unroll the pastry onto a baking sheet and score a border 1cm from the edge. Prick inside the border with a fork, then bake for 15–20 minutes until light golden.
- Gently squash down the middle. Spread the pesto inside the border, dot over the mascarpone, then layer the tomato on top. Season. Bake for 10 minutes until the tomatoes are cooked and the marscarpone has melted.
Recipe from olive magazine, August 2005
Comments, questions and tips
Comments
Very good and super simple, my pastry had burned a little on the edges before tomatoes were fully cooked, although it was nice and crispy, not soggy at all which has happened before to me with the puff-pastry tarts. I used ricotta mixed up with some herbs as I did not have mascarpone, it was also very nice.
It turned out very tasty and fresh, looked nice as well. Iâll be making this again, maybe with some variations ï
I'm a notorious terrible cook in my family but made this when a veggie family member came over - she loved it and has demanded I make it for Christmas day! Really delicious and very difficult to get wrong.. I used philadelphia cream cheese instead of mascarpone which was equally as good. Very yummy... even carnivore boyfriend enjoyed it!
