Pastry squares with goat’s cheese, pesto and tomato

(from Elyce123’s recipe box)

Makes 20. Cover and chill the unbaked pastry squares for up to 2 days.

Source: delicious. January 2005

Prep time: 10 minutes
Cook time: 20 minutes

Categories: January

Ingredients

  • 375g pack ready-rolled puff pastry
  • 75g soft goat's cheese
  • 120g fresh green or red pesto sauce
  • 20 cherry tomatoes, a mixture of red and yellow, halved
  • small fresh basil leaves, to garnish

Directions

  1. Preheat the oven to 200˚C/fan 180˚C/gas 6. Line 2 baking trays with baking paper.

  2. Unroll the pastry and cut into 20 squares, each measuring 5cm. Place these on the baking trays, then top each with a little goat’s cheese, 1/2 teaspoon pesto and 2 cherry tomatoe halves. Bake for 15-20 minutes until the pastry is cooked, crisp and pale golden. Push any tomatoes that have fallen off back onto the pastries and transfer them to serving trays.

  3. Serve hot or cold, garnished with fresh basil leaves.

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