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.
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 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
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.
SUN-DRIED TOMATO PESTO & MOZZARELLA TARTS RECIPE VIDEO
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.
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 Recipe
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)
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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Alexandra says
September 16, 2018 at 12:40 pmThis 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
stephanie says
September 9, 2018 at 11:02 pmi use bazil pesto
Nancy Bradford says
September 9, 2018 at 8:49 pmI love green pesto spread on gluten free seeded toast with avocado x
natalie Crossan says
September 9, 2018 at 8:25 pmWe love it just put into pasta – delicious and simple 🙂
Adrian Bold says
September 9, 2018 at 7:45 pmI love tomato pesto on a lot of things, but mainly pasta dishes and spaghetti.
Simone Griffin says
September 9, 2018 at 7:20 pmI love red pesto and it’s so easy and yummy just stirred through pasta with chicken x
Dawn Samples says
September 9, 2018 at 7:18 pmI usually use the green pesto in pasta x
Amy Jo McLellan says
September 9, 2018 at 7:15 pmI always use sacla and it’s got to be green!
Kim Neville says
September 9, 2018 at 4:38 pmGreen pesto with chicken, mushroom and pasta
Jacqueline Mcloughlin says
September 9, 2018 at 3:09 pmRed pesto sired into orzo pasta with cherry tomatoes, my kids love it in their sandwich boxes
Tracy Gladman says
September 9, 2018 at 1:29 pmI like red pesto just stirred into pasta. Delicious.
Kirsteen Mackay says
September 9, 2018 at 12:49 pmI love red pesto with spaghetti, cherry tomatoes and some fresh basil. So easy and delicious.
Ali gill says
September 9, 2018 at 11:27 amI love red pesto! So easy and fresh and makes a really tasty pasta dish
Cassandra D says
September 9, 2018 at 9:07 amFresh basil pesto used on pasta.
Melissa Lee says
September 9, 2018 at 7:24 amI love a basil pesto, and it works perfectly across the top of lasagne
Helen Jones says
September 9, 2018 at 7:14 amI add original pesto to mayonnaise and use in a potato salad
paula cheadle says
September 9, 2018 at 5:06 amwe love green pesto on either chicken or salmon
Jeanette Leighton says
September 9, 2018 at 1:14 amSimple pasta with pesto and parmesan I love it could eat buckets
Sarah Parker says
September 8, 2018 at 10:25 pmbasil 🙂
Angela Macdonald says
September 8, 2018 at 9:27 pmI love basil pesto just in a bowl with breadsticks and chorizo
frances hopkins says
September 8, 2018 at 8:58 pmI love chilli pesto with pasta
Jenny Jones says
September 8, 2018 at 8:30 pmJust basil pesto which I use quite often with pasta and chicken
Alison says
September 8, 2018 at 4:36 pmI like basil pesto in a salad
Sheri Darby says
September 8, 2018 at 2:54 pmGreen Pesto on salmon fillets, wrapped in puff pastry is delicious
Laura Pritchard says
September 8, 2018 at 1:35 pmI like classic green Pesto from Tesco and I use it with pasta, chicken & peas
Miss Tracy Hanson says
September 8, 2018 at 1:07 pmWe 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.
Romana Richards says
September 8, 2018 at 12:30 pmI 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.
sue leake says
September 8, 2018 at 11:32 amsun dried tomato and I have used it as a base to a tomato and mozzarella flan
jo liddement says
September 8, 2018 at 10:32 amI like to add a spoonful of basil pesto into my homemade vegetable pilaf rice dish. It really adds a tasty kick.
Diana says
September 8, 2018 at 9:48 amI like to add my tomato pesto to our lasagne 🙂 x
Derek Wilson says
September 8, 2018 at 8:49 amI usually prefer green pesto to red, but for this recipe, the red wins hands down!
Catherine Bullas says
September 7, 2018 at 2:14 pmSacla green pesto mixed with pasta, cheese, lardons and pine nuts
Alison Bayne says
September 7, 2018 at 2:07 pmI find pesto livens up loads of dishes. I really like some sundried tomatoes, chopped olives and red pesto stirred in to spaghetti.
Iris says
September 7, 2018 at 8:04 amGreen basil pesto spaghetti or baked chicken with mozzarella and tomato
Fiona jk42 says
September 6, 2018 at 11:47 pmThis 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.
Cara Lavery says
September 6, 2018 at 2:56 pmRed pepper pesto. I love it on pasta especially penne pasta
Steph Bent says
September 6, 2018 at 2:33 pmGotta be Salcla Green Pesto just mixed simply with pasta, you can’t get better than that!
Carole Nott says
September 6, 2018 at 11:43 amI use a tomato based pesto – lovely with pasta and cheese dish
Victoria Prince says
September 6, 2018 at 11:25 amI like green pesto mixed with any kind of pasta!
Sam Parkes says
September 5, 2018 at 8:04 pmGreen pesto with Gnocchi. Also use it with chicken creme fraiche and tomato’s
emily fraser says
September 5, 2018 at 8:55 amI love red pesto with spaghetti 🙂
Annie L says
September 4, 2018 at 2:54 pmI love Sacla Pesto, it’s the best one.
James Travis says
September 3, 2018 at 9:25 pmChilli pesto on pasta for me
Rich Tyler says
September 3, 2018 at 10:51 amI love red pesto with fresh pasta
Katy Hacket says
September 3, 2018 at 8:30 amChilli pesto on pasta, not imaginative, but delicious all the same!
Maxine G says
September 2, 2018 at 8:56 ambasil classic pesto is lovely stirred through a rice salad with the tastes of summer, tomatoes and asparagus
Jo F says
September 1, 2018 at 6:55 pmI like a basil pesto tart with goats cheese and a touch of balsamic dressing
Maureen M says
September 1, 2018 at 11:18 amtomato pesto with pasta
Azra Dediic says
August 31, 2018 at 11:45 amChilli pesto on chicken breast stuffed with mozerella, tomato and basil!
Laura Banks says
August 30, 2018 at 4:12 pmtomato pesto stirred into my pasta
Richard Eldred Hawes says
August 29, 2018 at 9:43 pmI love the Sun-dried Tomato Pesto just stirred into freshly cooked pasta
Julie Edwards says
August 29, 2018 at 1:38 pmI have never been lucky enough to try pesto yet. My family aren’t very adventurous when it comes to food.
Kay Broomfield says
August 28, 2018 at 7:30 pmI love green pesto and put it with parpadelle pasta and feta cubes and black olives.
Bruce says
August 28, 2018 at 6:00 pmOld school green originl
Sarah Fielding says
August 28, 2018 at 4:00 pmTomato pesto with some yummy pasta and lots of veg is my favourite!
Ruth Harwood says
August 28, 2018 at 10:42 amGreen pesto with a nice pasata sauce xx
Sheena Batey says
August 27, 2018 at 5:24 pmGreen pesto over a variety of pasta
Elizabeth Gaskell says
August 27, 2018 at 5:18 pmTomato 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.
Michelle Smith says
August 26, 2018 at 9:09 pmRed pesto
Vanessa Cox says
August 26, 2018 at 7:32 pmGreen pesto with mozzarella balls and spinach served with pappardelle!
pete c says
August 26, 2018 at 6:46 pmmine is green pesto, enjoyed with a baked potato
Judith Allen says
August 26, 2018 at 4:47 pmThe tomatoey one sturred into penne or fusilli, served with homemade coleslaw and green salad.
Maggie Norvell says
August 26, 2018 at 3:54 pmTomato pesto for a classic taste – but it’s hard to call. They’re all delicious !
iain maciver says
August 26, 2018 at 3:44 pmgreen pesto with chicken and pasta
Susan B says
August 26, 2018 at 3:05 pmJust ordinary basil pesto which I mainly use with plain pasta or jacket potatoes.
Kim M says
August 26, 2018 at 2:48 pmJust found one with lemon – love it with pasta or put a layer on the bottom of a homemade roasted vegetable quiche x
Emma C says
August 26, 2018 at 1:29 pmBasil pesto in pasta with some veggies
cheryl hadfield says
August 25, 2018 at 4:38 pmI love chicken and pesto pasta
Laura Chapman says
August 25, 2018 at 3:50 pmI 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.
Helen Tovell says
August 25, 2018 at 2:14 pmSundried tomato pesto in a lovely light pasta dish
Ali Thorpe says
August 23, 2018 at 10:36 amI love most pestos although I usually reach for green basil on pasta with mixed mushrooms, and I like to add extra lemon.
Kate Knight says
August 23, 2018 at 10:09 amI love green pesto with chicken and pasta
Chloe Davies says
August 22, 2018 at 2:29 pmI love chilli pesto stirred into pasta with a sprinkling of grated mozzarella on top. Simple, yet delicious x
Margaret Gallagher says
August 22, 2018 at 12:02 amClassic pesto on spaghetti
Sarah Morris says
August 21, 2018 at 10:33 pmI like to use Fiery Chilli pesto, mixed with chicken, mushrooms, onions and fusilli pasta.
Helen says
August 21, 2018 at 10:30 pmI love tomato pesto with pasta and mozzarella – simple and tasty!
Solange says
August 21, 2018 at 5:27 pmI love tomato pesto with pasta dishes.
PAULINE HILL says
August 21, 2018 at 5:19 pmi love tomato pesto on spaggetti
Charlotte Everett says
August 21, 2018 at 3:44 pmI put green pesto in a summer casserole for something a bit different or my husband has red pesto in meat sandwiches
Laura Jeffs says
August 21, 2018 at 3:37 pmI love classic pesto, and use it on pasta
Debbie Finnerty says
August 21, 2018 at 2:43 pmI make my own pesto pesto and use it to make chicken kievs delish!
Fiona K says
August 21, 2018 at 2:37 pmTomato pesto with pasta dishes
amy bondoc says
August 21, 2018 at 2:18 pmi love tomato pesto added to lasagne its so yummy
Suzanne says
August 21, 2018 at 1:51 pmI put pesto with tomato, and courgettes.
Tracy Nixon says
August 21, 2018 at 1:43 pmI use pesto for a pinenut pasta salad or a chicken pesto pasta dish.