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Little Bistro Starters With Tomato and Pesto Recipe

Little Bistro Starters With Tomato and Pesto Recipe

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Little Bistro Starters With Tomato and Pesto

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Ingredients:

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8 sheets phyllo pastry ( guesstimate , see instructions)
2 tsp soft butter
extra virgin olive oil
4 tbsp basil pesto (homemade if possible)
4 slices tomatoes, ripe (unpeeled and sliced 3/4 inch thick crosswise)
salt
1 tsp sugar
1 tsp black pepper, coarsely ground
2 oz goat's cheese (or halloumi

Directions:

Heat oven to 350 deg F/180 deg Celsius
Use the butter to grease 4 muffin cups or loose-bottomed small tartlet tins.
Open up the phyllo sheets: you need 4 sheets, one on top of the other. You might need extra sheets, depending on size of your phyllo sheets. Cut into squares large enough to fit into your molds.
Line the greased muffin cups or tartlet tins with the 4-sheet thick phyllo squares. Push in gently. It will wrinkle at the sides, of course; that's the idea.
With kitchen scissors, cut off the overhanging edges of the phyllo, but not too close to the top.
Brush the phyllo cups generously all over with the olive oil.
Place a tablespoon of pesto in the bottom of the phyllo cups.
Top with the unpeeled 3/4 inch thick tomato slice, sliced crosswise. You might find that a small tomato (top cut off and cut into two, through the centre) yields two thick slices and fits neatly into the pastry on top of the pesto.
Sprinkle about 1/4 teaspoon sugar and a tiny pinch salt over each tomato half.
Sprinkle fairly generously with pepper.
Put the cheese of your choice on top - goats' cheese (chèvre) really is best.
Drizzle a swirl of virgin olive oil over each tartlet.
Bake for about 25 - 30 minutes, or until pastry turns golden.
Serve warm, not hot from the oven.
(Recipe can be doubled or tripled).

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Nutrition Facts

Per Serving Per 100 g

Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories	172.87 Kcal (724 kJ)
Calories from fat	131.33 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	14.59g	22%
Cholesterol	14.88mg	5%
Sodium	177.21mg	7%
Potassium	81.09mg	2%
Total Carbs	3.79g	1%
Sugars	1.71g	7%
Dietary Fiber	0.46g	2%
Protein	6.77g	14%
Vitamin C	6.7mg	11%
Iron	0.4mg	2%
Calcium	152.1mg	15%

Amount Per 100 g
Calories	289.86 Kcal (1214 kJ)
Calories from fat	220.2 Kcal
		% Daily Value*
Total Fat	24.47g	22%
Cholesterol	24.96mg	5%
Sodium	297.13mg	7%
Potassium	135.96mg	2%
Total Carbs	6.35g	1%
Sugars	2.87g	7%
Dietary Fiber	0.78g	2%
Protein	11.35g	14%
Vitamin C	11.3mg	11%
Iron	0.6mg	2%
Calcium	255mg	15%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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