Tortes, cupcakes and savoury tarts
Tomato and Pesto Tart
Was back at the Pantry today, was glad to get back to my normal routine. Todays dessert was Peach Torte, basically a fancy name for a cake. Except it uses a lot more sugar, which is probably why it was so popular. At least they got one of there 5 a day....
Got home and had to bake a batch of ice cream cone cupcakes. My nieces birthday is tomorrow. It's also the day my brother is un-wiring my cooker, as my new one arrives sometime Friday. I really don't think things through when I plan!!!!
(Doesn't matter when they deliver my new cooker, I still need my brother to wire up the new one.)
So after Tortes, Cupcakes came my dinner of Tomato Tart.
Was in Sainsbury's yesterday for a few Free From Supplies. I found there now stocking Meridian Pesto Wheat Gluten & dairy free, which is reasonably priced at £1.75. Iv only seen it before at Real foods in Edinburgh and in Holland and barretts.
I love pesto, but trying to find a dairy free version is like looking for a needle in a hay stack. Normally I stir it through cooked pasta for a quick meal. I also use it when making home made pasta sauce or tomato soup, as it gives a great flavour boost.
Had some Jus Rol puff pastry (dairy free) left from my pie making weekend, so thought why not make a tart. Rolled out the pastry, then lightly used a sharp knife to score a circle an inch in from the edge. (Tip: I learnt from the Food network channel) I spread 2 tsp's of Green pesto within the scored circle, then topped with sliced tomato, salt, pepper and finally a little shaved vegan cheese.
Baked it at 200 celsius for 20 minutes, and left it to cool for 10 min's. Tasty, quick and easy to make.
I have no idea how Im going to handle going baking cold turkey for 24 hours!!!!!!
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