Oct
01
Last week a friend gave me a few “real” tomatoes, last ones of the season I would imagine. I ate some of them on a sandwich, my favorite way probably. But saved the rest of them for something for dinner one night. I decided to try a new recipe…….Tomato-Pesto Tart. I thought it turned out good and we both really enjoyed it. When Don got in and saw it, he thought we were having pizza for supper! It looks like a pizza but is somewhat different. Recipe and pictures are on the extended page:
Tomato-Pesto Tart
1 (15 oz) pkg refrigerated piecrusts
2 c. shredded mozzarella
5 plum tomatoes, sliced
1/4 c. grated Parmesan
1/2 c. mayonnaise
2 T. basil pesto
1/2 t. black pepper
3 T. chopped fresh basil
Unfold piecrusts; stack on lightly greased baking sheet & roll into 12″ circle. Brush outer 1″ of crust with water. Fold edge over & crimp; prick bottom. Bake at 400 degrees 8-10 minutes. Remove from oven & sprinkle with 1 c. mozzarella; cool 15 minutes. Arrange tomato slices over cheese.
Stir together remaining 1 c. mozzarella, Parmesan & next 3 ingredients; spread over tomatoes.
Bake at 375 for 20-25 minutes. Sprinkle with basil.
I believe I misread the recipe and only used 1 piecrust from the package! Put mine on a round stoneware pan and then put the rest of the ingredients on as called for. I think it did ok with one crust, guess it would have had a thicker one if I had used both.
The only other thing I did different…..I didn’t have any fresh basil; all the stores were out! So I used dried and it was ok like that. We had this and a salad and it was enough for us. I think this is an old Southern Living recipe…….I still have a folder of recipes to sort through and decide what to keep and what to toss. The keepers will go in the binder that I worked on about a month ago and wrote about here.
“Potato, potahto, Tomato, tomahto, Let’s call the whole thing off!”
(an old song, Let’s Call the Whole Thing Off…..I had to really hunt to come up with one for this one!)
October 1st, 2006 at 5:15 pm
That looks really good… except of course, for the TOMATO part! 🙂
October 1st, 2006 at 5:43 pm
But the tomato part is the main part!
Ah, I knew you wouldn’t like it though 🙁
October 1st, 2006 at 8:12 pm
we had BLT’s today…….surprise…….
October 1st, 2006 at 10:22 pm
Does Stacy not like tomatoes? What a pity! Love the pampered chef pizza stone! Aren’t they the best?! That was something I HAD to have when I moved into my apartment! Probably a top 5 must have.