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Home » Giveaways » Current Giveaways » Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts Recipe

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts Recipe

Published on August 21, 2018 by Elizabeth Atia 85 Comments
Last Updated on January 28, 2019

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Ready-made puff pastry and sun-dried tomato pesto pair with fresh mozzarella cheese for a quick & easy midweek supper or after-school snack ready in under 20 minutes. In collaboration with Sacla.

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts are a perfect midweek/school day dinner. #pesto #puffpastry

The kids go back to school tomorrow! Not that I’m counting down the hours or anything, but it’s tomorrow!! It’s been a rather fantastic (long) summer – this year the kids have had 7.5 weeks off from school, and even they are itching to get back to their friends and old routines.

Heading back to school means all the after school clubs start up again, and it’s back to the hectic schedule of getting everyone to where they need to be. No more leisurely mornings and evenings for us!

Sometimes, quick and easy mid-week supper recipes are needed; recipes like this sun-dried tomato pesto and mozzarella tarts recipe made with ready-made puff pastry and store-cupboard pesto.

Ingredients Needed for Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts with Puff Pastry

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  • INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR THIS SUN-DRIED TOMATO PESTO & MOZZARELLA TART RECIPE
  • HOW TO MAKE SUN-DRIED TOMATO PESTO & MOZZARELLA TARTS
  • SUN-DRIED TOMATO PESTO & MOZZARELLA TARTS RECIPE VIDEO
  • Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts Recipe
    • Affiliate Links
    • Instructions 
    • Environmental Information
  • SACLA PESTO GIVEAWAY
  • HOW TO ENTER
  • TERMS & CONDITIONS
      • Have you made this recipe?

INGREDIENTS NEEDED FOR THIS SUN-DRIED TOMATO PESTO & MOZZARELLA TART RECIPE

  • ready-made puff pastry – life’s just too short to make this by hand. Look out for it in the chilled food section of your local supermarket.
  • sun-dried tomato pesto – I use Sacla
  • fresh mozzarella cheese – the proper stuff, not the hard mozzarella
  • fresh basil leaves, to serve
  • assorted toppings, if desired – optional, but we used black olives and diced chorizo, finishing off with a slice of tomato

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How to make sun-dried tomato pesto and mozzarella tarts - step by step instructions

HOW TO MAKE SUN-DRIED TOMATO PESTO & MOZZARELLA TARTS

Step 1: Preheat a baking tray in the oven and roll out your ready made puff pastry to 1/4 inch thick.

Step 2: Cut the puff pastry into 12 pieces.

Step 3: With a sharp knife, cut a line 1 cm away from the pastry edges, taking care not to cut through. Brush the edges with milk.

Step 4: Spoon a little sun-dried tomato pesto onto the centre of each pastry.

Step 5: top with your desired toppings.

Step 6: Bake in the centre of the oven for 12 minutes, or until golden. Serve with fresh basil leaves.

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Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts are a perfect midweek/school day dinner. #pesto #puffpastry

The key ingredients in this recipe are ready-made sun-dried tomato pesto and ready-made puff pastry. You could go through all the bother of making your own pesto and puff pastry, but honestly, with the kids back at school and so much to do during the day – sometimes we want something quick and easy to make.

You could even use roasted aubergine pesto or roasted vegetable pesto for something a bit different. Jazz it up with your favourite toppings – we’ve added sliced black olives, chopped chorizo and a slice of yellow or red cherry tomatoes.

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts are a perfect midweek/school day dinner. #pesto #puffpastry

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts are a perfect midweek/school day dinner. #pesto #puffpastry

Italians love tomatoes so much that they affectionately call them ‘red gold’. The juicy ones used in this pesto have been dried for around seven days under the warm Italian sun to intensify their flavour.  Did you know it takes 20 kg of fresh, ripe tomatoes to produce 1 kg of sun-dried tomatoes? The sun-dried tomatoes are then blended with fragrant Italian basil, Grana Padano cheese and pine nuts to make this delicious, versatile pesto that will lift your homemade pizza, fish fillets and Mediterranean vegetable tarts with the rich flavours and sunshine of Italy.

Look out for the Sacla range in your local supermarket, and don’t forget to enter our giveaway below!

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts are a perfect midweek/school day dinner. #pesto #puffpastry

Sun-dried Tomato Pesto & Mozzarella Tarts Recipe

Ready-made puff pastry and storecupboard sun-dried tomato pesto combine with fresh mozzarella cheese for a quick & easy midweek supper or after-school snack.
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Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 12 minutes
Total Time: 17 minutes
Servings: 12 tarts
Author: Elizabeth

Ingredients

  • 425 grams ready made puff pastry
  • 100 grams mozzarella cheese
  • 12 tsp sun-dried tomato pesto
  • milk to brush pastry edges
  • fresh basil leaves to garnish
  • assorted toppings optional (if desired)
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Instructions 

  • Preheat a baking tray in the centre of your oven at 220 C/ 200 C fan/ gas mark 7.
  • Roll out your ready made puff pastry to a thickness of 1/4 inch and cut into 12 squares.
  • Arrange the squares, evenly spaced, on a sheet of baking paper or a silicone baking mat.
  • Using a sharp knife, carefully score a line 1 cm around the edge of each pastry square, taking care not to cut all the way through. Brush the edges with a little milk.
  • Spoon 1 teaspoonful of sun-dried tomato pesto onto the entre of each tart, top with your desired toppings and finish off with some mozzarella cheese.
  • Bake for 12 minutes or so on the pre-heated baking tray until the pastry is golden.
  • Garnish with fresh basil leaves and serve.

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Sacla has kindly offered my UK readers the chance to win a Sacla Pesto Bundle & Recipe Book worth £20! To enter, simply fill out the Rafflecopter entry form below!

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Comments

  1. Alexandra says

    September 16, 2018 at 12:40 pm

    This looks incredible! I love all of the ingredients, and this is perfect when you’re entertaining! Thank you for sharing such a mouth-watering recipe!
    xx Alex

    Reply
  2. stephanie says

    September 9, 2018 at 11:02 pm

    i use bazil pesto

    Reply
  3. Nancy Bradford says

    September 9, 2018 at 8:49 pm

    I love green pesto spread on gluten free seeded toast with avocado x

    Reply
  4. natalie Crossan says

    September 9, 2018 at 8:25 pm

    We love it just put into pasta – delicious and simple 🙂

    Reply
  5. Adrian Bold says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:45 pm

    I love tomato pesto on a lot of things, but mainly pasta dishes and spaghetti.

    Reply
  6. Simone Griffin says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:20 pm

    I love red pesto and it’s so easy and yummy just stirred through pasta with chicken x

    Reply
  7. Dawn Samples says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:18 pm

    I usually use the green pesto in pasta x

    Reply
  8. Amy Jo McLellan says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:15 pm

    I always use sacla and it’s got to be green!

    Reply
  9. Kim Neville says

    September 9, 2018 at 4:38 pm

    Green pesto with chicken, mushroom and pasta

    Reply
  10. Jacqueline Mcloughlin says

    September 9, 2018 at 3:09 pm

    Red pesto sired into orzo pasta with cherry tomatoes, my kids love it in their sandwich boxes

    Reply
  11. Tracy Gladman says

    September 9, 2018 at 1:29 pm

    I like red pesto just stirred into pasta. Delicious.

    Reply
  12. Kirsteen Mackay says

    September 9, 2018 at 12:49 pm

    I love red pesto with spaghetti, cherry tomatoes and some fresh basil. So easy and delicious.

    Reply
  13. Ali gill says

    September 9, 2018 at 11:27 am

    I love red pesto! So easy and fresh and makes a really tasty pasta dish

    Reply
  14. Cassandra D says

    September 9, 2018 at 9:07 am

    Fresh basil pesto used on pasta.

    Reply
  15. Melissa Lee says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:24 am

    I love a basil pesto, and it works perfectly across the top of lasagne

    Reply
  16. Helen Jones says

    September 9, 2018 at 7:14 am

    I add original pesto to mayonnaise and use in a potato salad

    Reply
  17. paula cheadle says

    September 9, 2018 at 5:06 am

    we love green pesto on either chicken or salmon

    Reply
  18. Jeanette Leighton says

    September 9, 2018 at 1:14 am

    Simple pasta with pesto and parmesan I love it could eat buckets

    Reply
  19. Sarah Parker says

    September 8, 2018 at 10:25 pm

    basil 🙂

    Reply
  20. Angela Macdonald says

    September 8, 2018 at 9:27 pm

    I love basil pesto just in a bowl with breadsticks and chorizo

    Reply
  21. frances hopkins says

    September 8, 2018 at 8:58 pm

    I love chilli pesto with pasta

    Reply
  22. Jenny Jones says

    September 8, 2018 at 8:30 pm

    Just basil pesto which I use quite often with pasta and chicken

    Reply
  23. Alison says

    September 8, 2018 at 4:36 pm

    I like basil pesto in a salad

    Reply
  24. Sheri Darby says

    September 8, 2018 at 2:54 pm

    Green Pesto on salmon fillets, wrapped in puff pastry is delicious

    Reply
  25. Laura Pritchard says

    September 8, 2018 at 1:35 pm

    I like classic green Pesto from Tesco and I use it with pasta, chicken & peas

    Reply
  26. Miss Tracy Hanson says

    September 8, 2018 at 1:07 pm

    We love the CLASSIC BASIL PESTO and FILLET STEAK WITH A PESTO PINE NUT CRUST AND BALSAMIC ONIONS is our favourite way to use it at the moment.

    Reply
  27. Romana Richards says

    September 8, 2018 at 12:30 pm

    I love basil pesto and stir it through fresh linguine, sprikle some parmesan on top and stir through some left over roast veg. It makes a quick snack for lunch.

    Reply
  28. sue leake says

    September 8, 2018 at 11:32 am

    sun dried tomato and I have used it as a base to a tomato and mozzarella flan

    Reply
  29. jo liddement says

    September 8, 2018 at 10:32 am

    I like to add a spoonful of basil pesto into my homemade vegetable pilaf rice dish. It really adds a tasty kick.

    Reply
  30. Diana says

    September 8, 2018 at 9:48 am

    I like to add my tomato pesto to our lasagne 🙂 x

    Reply
  31. Derek Wilson says

    September 8, 2018 at 8:49 am

    I usually prefer green pesto to red, but for this recipe, the red wins hands down!

    Reply
  32. Catherine Bullas says

    September 7, 2018 at 2:14 pm

    Sacla green pesto mixed with pasta, cheese, lardons and pine nuts

    Reply
  33. Alison Bayne says

    September 7, 2018 at 2:07 pm

    I find pesto livens up loads of dishes. I really like some sundried tomatoes, chopped olives and red pesto stirred in to spaghetti.

    Reply
  34. Iris says

    September 7, 2018 at 8:04 am

    Green basil pesto spaghetti or baked chicken with mozzarella and tomato

    Reply
  35. Fiona jk42 says

    September 6, 2018 at 11:47 pm

    This year we had a bumper crop of basil so we have made lots of pesto and have frozen some in ice cube tray, and put the rest in jars. I plan to use it over the winter with pasta.

    Reply
  36. Cara Lavery says

    September 6, 2018 at 2:56 pm

    Red pepper pesto. I love it on pasta especially penne pasta

    Reply
  37. Steph Bent says

    September 6, 2018 at 2:33 pm

    Gotta be Salcla Green Pesto just mixed simply with pasta, you can’t get better than that!

    Reply
  38. Carole Nott says

    September 6, 2018 at 11:43 am

    I use a tomato based pesto – lovely with pasta and cheese dish

    Reply
  39. Victoria Prince says

    September 6, 2018 at 11:25 am

    I like green pesto mixed with any kind of pasta!

    Reply
  40. Sam Parkes says

    September 5, 2018 at 8:04 pm

    Green pesto with Gnocchi. Also use it with chicken creme fraiche and tomato’s

    Reply
  41. emily fraser says

    September 5, 2018 at 8:55 am

    I love red pesto with spaghetti 🙂

    Reply
  42. Annie L says

    September 4, 2018 at 2:54 pm

    I love Sacla Pesto, it’s the best one.

    Reply
  43. James Travis says

    September 3, 2018 at 9:25 pm

    Chilli pesto on pasta for me

    Reply
  44. Rich Tyler says

    September 3, 2018 at 10:51 am

    I love red pesto with fresh pasta

    Reply
  45. Katy Hacket says

    September 3, 2018 at 8:30 am

    Chilli pesto on pasta, not imaginative, but delicious all the same!

    Reply
  46. Maxine G says

    September 2, 2018 at 8:56 am

    basil classic pesto is lovely stirred through a rice salad with the tastes of summer, tomatoes and asparagus

    Reply
  47. Jo F says

    September 1, 2018 at 6:55 pm

    I like a basil pesto tart with goats cheese and a touch of balsamic dressing

    Reply
  48. Maureen M says

    September 1, 2018 at 11:18 am

    tomato pesto with pasta

    Reply
  49. Azra Dediic says

    August 31, 2018 at 11:45 am

    Chilli pesto on chicken breast stuffed with mozerella, tomato and basil!

    Reply
  50. Laura Banks says

    August 30, 2018 at 4:12 pm

    tomato pesto stirred into my pasta

    Reply
  51. Richard Eldred Hawes says

    August 29, 2018 at 9:43 pm

    I love the Sun-dried Tomato Pesto just stirred into freshly cooked pasta

    Reply
  52. Julie Edwards says

    August 29, 2018 at 1:38 pm

    I have never been lucky enough to try pesto yet. My family aren’t very adventurous when it comes to food.

    Reply
  53. Kay Broomfield says

    August 28, 2018 at 7:30 pm

    I love green pesto and put it with parpadelle pasta and feta cubes and black olives.

    Reply
  54. Bruce says

    August 28, 2018 at 6:00 pm

    Old school green originl

    Reply
  55. Sarah Fielding says

    August 28, 2018 at 4:00 pm

    Tomato pesto with some yummy pasta and lots of veg is my favourite!

    Reply
  56. Ruth Harwood says

    August 28, 2018 at 10:42 am

    Green pesto with a nice pasata sauce xx

    Reply
  57. Sheena Batey says

    August 27, 2018 at 5:24 pm

    Green pesto over a variety of pasta

    Reply
  58. Elizabeth Gaskell says

    August 27, 2018 at 5:18 pm

    Tomato pesto with fresh noodles and chopped stir fry veg. Really quick and easy nutritional tea when I get in from work goes down a treat every time.

    Reply
  59. Michelle Smith says

    August 26, 2018 at 9:09 pm

    Red pesto

    Reply
  60. Vanessa Cox says

    August 26, 2018 at 7:32 pm

    Green pesto with mozzarella balls and spinach served with pappardelle!

    Reply
  61. pete c says

    August 26, 2018 at 6:46 pm

    mine is green pesto, enjoyed with a baked potato

    Reply
  62. Judith Allen says

    August 26, 2018 at 4:47 pm

    The tomatoey one sturred into penne or fusilli, served with homemade coleslaw and green salad.

    Reply
  63. Maggie Norvell says

    August 26, 2018 at 3:54 pm

    Tomato pesto for a classic taste – but it’s hard to call. They’re all delicious !

    Reply
  64. iain maciver says

    August 26, 2018 at 3:44 pm

    green pesto with chicken and pasta

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  65. Susan B says

    August 26, 2018 at 3:05 pm

    Just ordinary basil pesto which I mainly use with plain pasta or jacket potatoes.

    Reply
  66. Kim M says

    August 26, 2018 at 2:48 pm

    Just found one with lemon – love it with pasta or put a layer on the bottom of a homemade roasted vegetable quiche x

    Reply
  67. Emma C says

    August 26, 2018 at 1:29 pm

    Basil pesto in pasta with some veggies

    Reply
  68. cheryl hadfield says

    August 25, 2018 at 4:38 pm

    I love chicken and pesto pasta

    Reply
  69. Laura Chapman says

    August 25, 2018 at 3:50 pm

    I like any pesto! I grow my own basil and usually make my own though. I stir it into pasta, have it with bread, on toast, bake vegetables in the oven smothered in pesto and have it on pizzas to give additional flavour.

    Reply
  70. Helen Tovell says

    August 25, 2018 at 2:14 pm

    Sundried tomato pesto in a lovely light pasta dish

    Reply
  71. Ali Thorpe says

    August 23, 2018 at 10:36 am

    I love most pestos although I usually reach for green basil on pasta with mixed mushrooms, and I like to add extra lemon.

    Reply
  72. Kate Knight says

    August 23, 2018 at 10:09 am

    I love green pesto with chicken and pasta

    Reply
  73. Chloe Davies says

    August 22, 2018 at 2:29 pm

    I love chilli pesto stirred into pasta with a sprinkling of grated mozzarella on top. Simple, yet delicious x

    Reply
  74. Margaret Gallagher says

    August 22, 2018 at 12:02 am

    Classic pesto on spaghetti

    Reply
  75. Sarah Morris says

    August 21, 2018 at 10:33 pm

    I like to use Fiery Chilli pesto, mixed with chicken, mushrooms, onions and fusilli pasta.

    Reply
  76. Helen says

    August 21, 2018 at 10:30 pm

    I love tomato pesto with pasta and mozzarella – simple and tasty!

    Reply
  77. Solange says

    August 21, 2018 at 5:27 pm

    I love tomato pesto with pasta dishes.

    Reply
  78. PAULINE HILL says

    August 21, 2018 at 5:19 pm

    i love tomato pesto on spaggetti

    Reply
  79. Charlotte Everett says

    August 21, 2018 at 3:44 pm

    I put green pesto in a summer casserole for something a bit different or my husband has red pesto in meat sandwiches

    Reply
  80. Laura Jeffs says

    August 21, 2018 at 3:37 pm

    I love classic pesto, and use it on pasta

    Reply
  81. Debbie Finnerty says

    August 21, 2018 at 2:43 pm

    I make my own pesto pesto and use it to make chicken kievs delish!

    Reply
  82. Fiona K says

    August 21, 2018 at 2:37 pm

    Tomato pesto with pasta dishes

    Reply
  83. amy bondoc says

    August 21, 2018 at 2:18 pm

    i love tomato pesto added to lasagne its so yummy

    Reply
  84. Suzanne says

    August 21, 2018 at 1:51 pm

    I put pesto with tomato, and courgettes.

    Reply
  85. Tracy Nixon says

    August 21, 2018 at 1:43 pm

    I use pesto for a pinenut pasta salad or a chicken pesto pasta dish.

    Reply

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