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Summer tomato and pesto tart recipe
Photo: Markus Spiske

Summer tomato and pesto tart recipe

10 ingredients 20 min + 45 min 8 people openrecipes

This is a wonderful savoury tart to serve, hot or cold, for a summer lunch or picnic. The shortcrust pastry provides a buttery base for the sweet and juicy tomatoes, while the pesto adds warmth and fragrance.

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

432
Calories
6g
Protein
33g
Fat
33g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 9 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Pine Nut 1 oz (28g) 191
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Sugar 1 tbsp (12.5g) granulated 49
Red Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Basil 5 leaves fresh (2.5g) 1
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Pastry not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 2 red onions
  • 5 large vine-ripened tomatoes
  • 4 olive oil
  • tbsp soft light brown sugar
  • 1 quantity of Shortcrust Pastry
  • tsp sea salt and freshly ground black pepper
  • 1 pine nuts
  • 1 bunch of basil, leaves only
  • pinch extra-virgin olive oil
  • 50 sea salt and freshly ground black pepper

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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